Crowding is tuned for perceived (not physical) location

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Dakin, Steven C ^a   Greenwood, John A ^a,b   Carlson, Thomas A ^c   Bex, Peter J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Motionv 2D; Object recognition; Shape and contour; Spatial vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 80054688977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.9.2     Document Type: Article

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