Masking of spatial frequency in visual memory depends on distal, not retinal, frequency

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 233-238

  Bennett, Patrick J ^a   Cortese, Filomeno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Masking; Spatial frequency; Visual memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; RETINA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029655511     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(95)00085-E     Document Type: Article

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