Implied dynamics biases the visual perception of velocity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  La Scaleia, Barbara ^a   Zago, Myrka ^a   Moscatelli, Alessandro ^b   Lacquaniti, Francesco ^a,c   Viviani, Paolo ^c  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899707940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093020     Document Type: Article

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