Visual crowding is correlated with awareness

Current Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 254-258

  Wallis, Thomas S A ^a   Bex, Peter J ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

AWARENESS; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79651470109     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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