Contrast gain control and fine spatial discriminations

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

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2392-2405

  Thomas, James P ^a   Olzak, Lynn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; VISION;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031226597     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.002392     Document Type: Article

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