Precision of working memory for visual motion sequences and transparent motion surfaces

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1-18

  Zokaei, Nahid ^a,b   Gorgoraptis, Nikos ^a,b   Bahrami, Bahador ^a,c,d   Bays, Paul M ^b   Husain, Masud ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Motion; Visual cognition; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855423900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.14.2     Document Type: Article

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