Temporal uncertainty effects on orientation discrimination and stereoscopic thresholds

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 884-886

  Westheimer, Gerald ^a   Ley, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY;

DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0030115502     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.13.000884     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. T. E. Cohn and D. J. Lasley, “Detectability of luminance increment: effect of spatial uncertainty,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. 64, 1715–1719 (1974).
2. D. J. Lasley and T. E. Cohn, “Detection of luminance increment: effect of temporal uncertainty,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. 71, 845–850 (1981).
3. B. Lindblom and G. Westheimer, “Uncertainty effects in orientation discrimination of foveally seen lines in human observers,” J. Physiol. (London) 454, 1–8 (1992).
4. B. Lindblom and G. Westheimer, “Spatial uncertainty in stereoacuity tests: implications for clinical vision test design,” Acta Ophthalmol. 70, 60–65 (1992).
5. B. E. Coutant, “Training improvements in human stereoscopic vision,” Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, (Berkeley, Calif., 1993).
6. G. Westheimer, “The Ferrier lecture 1992 — seeing depth with two eyes: stereopsis,” Proc. R. Soc. London B 257, 205–214 (1994).
7. J. Nachmias and E. C. Kocher, “Visual detection and discrimination of luminance increments,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. 60, 382–389 (1970).
8. C. D. Gilbert and T. N. Wiesel, “The influence of contextual stimuli on the orientation selectivity of cells in primate visual cortex of the cat,” Vision Res. 30, 1689–1701 (1990).
9. R. Vogels and G. A. Orban, “How well do response changes of striate neurons signal differences in orientation: a study in the discriminating monkey,” J. Neurosci. 10, 3543–3558 (1990).
10. D. G. Pelli, “Uncertainty explains many aspects of visual contrast detection and discrimination,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 2, 1508–1531 (1985).