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Visual crowding

Visual crowding is the inability to view a target stimulus distinctly when presented in a clutter. Crowding impairs the ability to discriminate object features and contours among flankers, which in turn impairs people's ability to respond appropriately to the target stimulus.

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Visual crowding

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Visual crowding → inability to view a target stimulus distinctly when presented in a clutter

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crowding target flankers different stimulus distance eccentricity identify visual object among crowded people spatial happens also information effect view flanker

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Visual crowdingis ainability to view a target stimulus distinctly when presented in a clutter0.90text
maskinginstance ofwhich in turn impairs people's ability to respond appropriately to the target stimulus.An operational definition of crowding explains what crowding is and how it is different fr…0.80text
lateral interactioninstance ofwhich in turn impairs people's ability to respond appropriately to the target stimulus.An operational definition of crowding explains what crowding is and how it is different fr…0.80text
surround suppressioninstance ofwhich in turn impairs people's ability to respond appropriately to the target stimulus.An operational definition of crowding explains what crowding is and how it is different fr…0.80text
the target information is lostinstance ofSometimes certain information0.80text
but the people are able to make betterinstance ofSometimes certain information0.80text

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