The more often you see an object, the easier it becomes to track it

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Pinto, Yaïr ^a,b   Howe, Piers D L ^c   Cohen, Michael A ^d   Horowitz, Todd S ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding; Familiarity; Identity; Multiple object tracking; Repetition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955161629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.10.4     Document Type: Article

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