Probabilistic, positional averaging predicts object-level crowding effects with letter-like stimuli

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Dakin, Steven C ^a   Cass, John ^a,b   Greenwood, John A ^a   Bex, Peter J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowding; Object recognition; Perceptual organization; Shape and contour; Spatial vision; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 79955166100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.10.14     Document Type: Article

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