The contrast-response of the periphery effect

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1983-1987

  Fuhr, Patti S ^a,b   Kuyk, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Color; Contrast response; Flicker; Human vision; Masking; Periphery effect; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; SIGNAL DETECTION; STIMULUS; VISION; VISUAL MASKING;

ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FLICKER FUSION; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0031859282     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00338-6     Document Type: Article

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