Spatial-frequency tuning of sustained nonoriented units of the Red–Green channel

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

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-15

  Pandey Vimal, Ram L ^a  

^a Vision Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLOR; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY;

COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0031609499     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.15.000001     Document Type: Article

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