Temporal detection in human vision: Dependence on stimulus energy

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

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2557-2569

  Fredericksen, R E ^a   Hess, R F ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Masking; Spatiotemporal; Temporal impulse response; Temporal mechanisms; Temporal sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME PERCEPTION; VISION;

HUMANS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME PERCEPTION; VISION;

EID: 0031253666     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.002557     Document Type: Article

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