Spatial properties of filters underlying vernier acuity revealed by masking: Evidence for collator mechanisms

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 2459-2473

  Mussap, Alexander J ^a,b   Levi, Dennis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collator mechanisms; Spatial frequency masking; Spatial vision; Vernier acuity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL MASKING; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

EID: 0030220207     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(95)00306-1     Document Type: Article

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