Characterizing human perceptual inefficiencies with equivalent internal noise

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 764-778

  Lu, Zhong Lin ^a   Dosher, Barbara Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISION;

ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033088211     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.16.000764     Document Type: Article

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