Combined effects of feature-based working memory and feature-based attention on the perception of visual motion direction

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-15

  Mendoza, Diego ^a   Schneiderman, Megan ^a   Kaul, Christian ^b   Martinez Trujillo, Julio ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feature based attention; Motion direction; Motion perception; Psychophysics; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251552295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.1.1     Document Type: Article

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