Conflicting motion information impairs multiple object tracking

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1-13

  St Clair, Rebecca ^a   Huff, Markus ^b   Seiffert, Adriane E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Motion; Multiple object tracking; Texture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956399469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.4.18     Document Type: Article

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