Intrinsic position uncertainty explains detection and localization performance in peripheral vision

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-18

  Michel, Melchi ^a   Geisler, Wilson S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Computational modeling; Detection discrimination; Search; Spatial vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; UNCERTAINTY; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; UNCERTAINTY; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79251567083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.1.1     Document Type: Article

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