Spatiotemporal properties of apparent motion perception and aging

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1-15

  Roudaia, Eugenie ^a   Bennett, Patrick J ^a,b   Sekuler, Allison B ^a,b   Pilz, Karin S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Apparent motion; MotionV2D; Spatial integration; Temporal integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251563773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.14.1     Document Type: Article

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