A perceptual paradigm and psychophysical evidence for hierarchy in scene gist processing

Journal of Vision

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Kadar, Ilan ^a   Ben Shahar, Ohad ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Basic level; Gist recognition; Hierarchical processing; Indoor; Manmade; Natural; outdoor; Scene categorization; Scene gist processing; Scene perception; Superordinate level

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84878213869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/12.13.16     Document Type: Article

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