How big is a Gabor patch, and why should we care?

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

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-12

  Fredericksen, R E ^a   Bex, Peter J ^b   Verstraten, Frans A J ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LIGHT; MATHEMATICS; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; LIGHT; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIZE PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030635688     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.000001     Document Type: Article

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