Effects of spatial configuration on contrast detection

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 3541-3553

  Bonneh, Yoram ^a   Sagi, Dov ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Contrast threshold; Lateral interactions; Long range connections; Perceptual grouping; Spatial summation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SPATIAL SUMMATION; STIMULUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; ROTATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0031697709     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(98)00045-5     Document Type: Article

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