Detection of chromoluminance patterns on chromoluminance pedestals. I: Threshold measurements

Vision Research

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 773-788

  Chen, Chien Chung ^a   Foley, John M ^a   Brainard, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatic mechanisms; Chromoluminance pattern; Facilitation; Isoluminance; Masking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; MALE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL MASKING; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0033974915     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00227-8     Document Type: Article

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