Human sensitivity to phase perturbations in natural images: A statistical framework

Perception

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1057-1069

  Thomson, Mitchell G A ^a,c   Foster, David H ^b   Summers, Robert J ^a,c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STATISTICS; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; STATISTICS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033648421     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p2867     Document Type: Article

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