Specific effects of spatial-frequency uncertainty and different cue types on contrast detection: Data and models

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 3429-3439

  HüBner, Ronald ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast detection; Cuing; Multiple band models; Signal detection; Spatial frequency uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTRAST; FEMALE; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030298425     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(96)00088-0     Document Type: Article

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