Visual similarity effects in categorical search

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1-15

  Alexander, Robert G ^a   Zelinsky, Gregory J ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorical guidance; Computer vision; Eye movements; Visual search; Visual similarity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 80054692875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.8.1     Document Type: Article

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