The visual attractor illusion

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Makovski, Tal ^a   Swallow, Khena M ^a   Jiang, Yuhong V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Localization; Visual illusions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; ILLUSION; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951240636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.1.1     Document Type: Article

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