Spatial frequency adaptation: Threshold elevation and perceived contrast

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1797-1809

  Snowden, Robert J ^a   Hammett, Stephen T ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Interocular transfer; Perceived contrast; Retinal specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTEROCULAR TRANSFER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

EID: 0029931277     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(95)00263-4     Document Type: Article

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