Evidence for different nonlinear summation schemes for lines and gratings at threshold

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 263-277

  Meinhardt, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0033194407     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004220050561     Document Type: Article

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