Independence is elusive: Set size effects on encoding precision in visual search

Journal of Vision

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Mazyar, Helga ^a   van den Berg, Ronald ^a   Seilheimer, Robert L ^a   Ma, Wei Ji ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Capacity limitations; Precision; Visual attention; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SIZE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84878369662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/13.5.8     Document Type: Article

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