The effects of aging on contour discrimination in clutter

Vision Research

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1022-1032

  Roudaia, Eugenie ^a   Farber, Lindsay E ^a   Bennett, Patrick J ^a   Sekuler, Allison B ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Contour integration; Local orientation; Perceptual grouping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTOUR DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955139270     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2011.02.015     Document Type: Article

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