Effects of surrounding frame on visual search for vertical or tilted bars

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1-19

  May, Keith A ^a   Zhaoping, Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Iso orientation suppression; Orientation; Top down; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISION;

ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL CLOSURE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77950351986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.13.1     Document Type: Article

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