Looking at the center of the targets helps multiple object tracking

Journal of Vision

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

  Fehd, Hilda M ^a   Seiffert, Adriane E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active vision; Attention; Eye movements; Spatial vision; Visual cognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956418044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.4.19     Document Type: Article

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