The effects of figure/ground, perceived area, and target saliency on the luminosity threshold

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 341-349

  Bonato, Frederick ^a   Cataliotti, Joseph ^b  

^a SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0034133349     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03205554     Document Type: Article

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