Spatial frequency discrimination and detection characteristics for gratings defined by orientation texture

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 2601-2617

  Gray, R ^a   Regan, D ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Spatial form; Spatial frequency discrimination; Texture segregation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 0031927381     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00461-6     Document Type: Article

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