Temporal frequency modulates reaction time responses to first-order and second-order motion

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1325-1332

  Hutchinson, Claire V ^a   Ledgeway, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

First order motion; Modulation depth; Reaction time; Second order motion; Temporal frequency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 77957375143     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019250     Document Type: Article

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