Adaptation to temporal modulation can enhance differential speed sensitivity

Vision Research

Volumn 39, Issue 26, 1999, Pages 4324-4331

  Clifford, Colin W G ^a   Wenderoth, Peter ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Motion; Perceived speed; Speed discrimination; Visual psychophysics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; HUMAN; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MOTION; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VELOCITY; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0032751959     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00151-0     Document Type: Article

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