Hyperacuity for spatial localization of contrast-modulated patterns

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1329-1339

  Volz, Harald ^a   Zanker, Johannes M ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast modulation; Hyperacuity; Localization; Second order; Spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST; FEMALE; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0029970227     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(95)00234-0     Document Type: Article

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