Statistical patterns of visual search for hidden objects

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Credidio, Heitor F ^a   Teixeira, Elisângela N ^a   Reis, Saulo D S ^a   Moreira, André A ^a   Andrade, José S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; VISION;

COGNITION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84871802331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00920     Document Type: Article

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