Temporal dynamics of spatial frequency processing in infants

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 995-1008

  Otsuka, Yumiko ^a   Ichikawa, Hiroko ^b,c   Kanazawa, So ^d   Yamaguchi, Masami K ^b   Spehar, Branka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Change detection; Coarse to fine; Spatial frequency; Temporal vision; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL LEARNING;

ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD; REACTION TIME; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL PROCESSING;

EID: 84901621087     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035440     Document Type: Article

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