Tracking multiple objects is limited only by object spacing, not by speed, time, or capacity

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 920-925

  Franconeri, S L ^a   Jonathan, S V ^a   Scimeca, J M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowding; Divided attention; MOT; Multiple object tracking; Surround inhibition

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954827663     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610373935     Document Type: Article

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