Perceived area and the luminosity threshold

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 786-797

  Bonato, Frederick ^a   Gilchrist, Alan L ^b  

^a SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LIGHT; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

HUMANS; LIGHT; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033161489     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03206897     Document Type: Article

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