Perceptual and computational analysis of critical features for biological motion

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Thurman, Steven M ^a   Giese, Martin A ^b   Grossman, Emily D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological motion; Bubbles; Classification images; Computational modeling; Reverse correlation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; WALKING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOVEMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; WALKING;

EID: 78449239743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.12.15     Document Type: Article

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