Contrast affects flicker and speed perception differently

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1255-1260

  Thompson, Peter ^a   Stone, Leland S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Area MT; Area V1; Contrast; Counterphase flicker; Motion perception; Speed discrimination; Temporal frequency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST; GRATING; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE NEUROSCIENCE;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030958403     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(96)00302-1     Document Type: Article

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