Spatial facilitation predicted with end-stopped spatial filters

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 3117-3127

  Yu, Cong ^a   Levi, Dennis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

End stopping; Inducing paradigm; Spatial facilitation; Spatial filter; Westheimer paradigm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FACILITATION; FEMALE; FILTER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0030772269     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00120-X     Document Type: Article

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