Fur in the midst of the waters: Visual search for material type is inefficient

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Wolfe, Jeremy M ^a,b   Myers, Loretta ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Material properties; Middle vision; Search; Surface properties

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SURFACE PROPERTIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952198307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.9.8     Document Type: Article

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