Contrast-modulation flicker: Dynamics and spatial resolution of the light adaptation process

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 985-1000

  He, Sheng ^a   Macleod, Donald I A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone aperture; Dynamics; Light adaptation; Nonlinearity; Sensitivity control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST; DYNAMICS; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT ADAPTATION; LUMINANCE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

EID: 0032054253     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00290-3     Document Type: Article

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