Spatial frequency tuned covariance channels for red-green and luminance- modulated gratings: Psychophysical data from human adults

Vision Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 417-430

  Peterzell, David H ^a,b,c   Teller, Davida Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Color vision; Contrast sensitivity; Covariance structure analysis; Factor analysis; Individual differences; Spatial frequency; Spatial vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0033987041     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00187-X     Document Type: Article

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