Judgements of time to contact are affected by rate of appearance of visible texture

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1041-1048

  Jacobs, David M ^a   Díaz, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fractals; Nesting principle; Perception; Tau; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TIME PERCEPTION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; FRACTALS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952806118     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470211003703475     Document Type: Article

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