The advantage of a ground surface in the representation of visual scenes

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Bian, Zheng ^a   Andersen, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depth; Perceptual organization; Space and scene perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 79955152093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.8.16     Document Type: Article

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