Sampling limits and critical bandwidth for letter discrimination in peripheral vision

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

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2334-2342

  Anderson, Roger S ^a,b   Thibos, Larry N ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033210725     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.16.002334     Document Type: Article

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