Object recognition in congruent and incongruent natural scenes: A life-span study

Vision Research

Volumn 91, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-44

  Remy F ^a   Saint Aubert, L ^a,b   Bacon Mace N ^a   Vayssiere N ^a   Barbeau, E ^a   Fabre Thorpe, M ^a  

^a Brain and Cognition Research Center in Toulouse   (France)

^b CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Natural scenes; Scene congruence; Visual object recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIFESPAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REACTION TIME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882968450     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: 18785646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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