Grouping, pooling, and when bigger is better in visual crowding

Journal of Vision

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Manassi, Mauro ^a   France, Bilge Sayim ^a,b   Herzog, Michael H ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Crowding; Grouping; Perceptual organization; Vernier acuity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CROWDING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL FIELD;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CROWDING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84870215237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/12.10.13     Document Type: Article

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