The effects of spatial proximity and collinearity on contour integration in adults and children

Vision Research

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 772-778

  Hadad, Batsheva ^a   Maurer, Daphne ^a   Lewis, Terri L ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collinearity; Contour integration; Development; Spatial proximity; Statistical properties

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTOUR INTEGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950521309     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2010.01.021     Document Type: Article

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