Invariance of the perceived spatial frequency shift of peripherally viewed gratings with manipulations of contrast, duration, and luminance

Vision Research

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 931-941

  Harris, John P ^a   Wink, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast; Peripheral vision; Spatial frequency

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TIME; VISION;

EID: 0034107813     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00236-9     Document Type: Article

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