Rapid sensitivity changes on flickering backgrounds: Tests of models of light adaptation

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

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2367-2378

  Wu, Shuang ^a   Burns, Stephen A ^a   Elsner, Ann E ^a   He, Jichang ^a   Eskew, Rhea T ^b  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flicker; Gain control; Light adaptation; Modulation; Visual models; Visual sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME; VISION; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS; VISION;

EID: 0031228471     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.002367     Document Type: Article

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