Disentangling the effects of spatial inconsistency of targets and distractors when searching in realistic scenes

Journal of Vision

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Spotorno, Sara ^a,b   Malcolm, George L ^c   Tatler, Benjamin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUES; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923093569     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/15.2.12     Document Type: Article

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