Regional effects of clutter on human target detection performance

Journal of Vision

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Asher, Matthew F ^a   Tolhurst, David J ^b   Troscianko, Tom ^a   Gilchrist, Iain D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clutter; Natural scenes; Regional effects; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; ROC CURVE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878357903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/13.5.25     Document Type: Article

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