Vernier and contrast discrimination in central and peripheral vision

Vision Research

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 973-988

  Levi, Dennis M ^a   McGraw, Paul V ^b   Klein, Stanley A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast discrimination; Hyperacuity; Peripheral vision; Psychophysics; Spatial vision; Vernier discrimination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0034057206     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00225-4     Document Type: Article

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