Sensitivity to contrast modulation depends on carrier spatial frequency and orientation

Vision Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 311-329

  Dakin, Steven C ^a   Mareschal, Isabelle ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contrast; Orientation; Second order; Texture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; LUMINANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORIENTATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0033991795     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00179-0     Document Type: Article

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