Number and density discrimination rely on a common metric: Similar psychophysical effects of size, contrast, and divided attention

Journal of Vision

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Tibber, Marc S ^a   Greenwood, John A ^a,b,c   Dakin, Steven C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density; Number; Perception; Psychophysics; Spatial vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84866918964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/12.6.8     Document Type: Article

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