Individual differences in contrast sensitivity functions: The lowest spatial frequency channels

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 3077-3085

  Peterzell, David H ^a   Teller, Davida Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Covariance structure analysis; Factor analysis; Individual differences; Spatial frequency; Spatial vision; Visual development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOPIC VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030271311     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(96)00061-2     Document Type: Article

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