Sharpness overconstancy in peripheral vision

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 2035-2039

  Galvin, Susan J ^a   O'Shea, Robert P ^a   Squire, Abigail M ^a   Govan, Donovan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Edge blur; Peripheral vision; Sharpness overconstancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0030814203     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00016-3     Document Type: Article

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