Gambling in the visual periphery: A conjoint- measurement analysis of human ability to judge visual uncertainty

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Hang ^a   Morvan, Camille ^a,b   Maloney, Laurence T ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONJOINT MEASUREMENT; HUMAN ABILITIES; INHOMOGENEITIES; MOTOR CONTROL; PERFORMANCE; SIMPLE++; UNCERTAINTY; VISUAL SEARCH; VISUAL SENSITIVITY; VISUAL SYSTEMS;

EYE MOVEMENTS;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DOMINANCE; EYE TRACKING; HUMAN; PERIPHERAL VISION; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; BIOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETINA; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL FIELD;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETINA; SACCADES; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 78651253610     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1001023     Document Type: Article

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