Quantifying and modeling the strength of motion illusions perceived in static patterns

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Zanker, Johannes M ^a   Hermens, Frouke ^a   Walker, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Involuntary eye movements; Modeling; Motion perception; Static motion illusions; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DECISION MAKING; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; ILLUSION; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL FIELD;

EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; JUDGMENT; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 77955498419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.2.13     Document Type: Article

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