Temporal detection in human vision: Dependence on eccentricity

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 92-102

  Hess, R F ^a   Fredericksen, R E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Spatio temporal masking; Temporal impulse response; Temporal mechanisms; Temporal sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MODEL; PERCEPTION; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; ELECTRONICS; INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISION; VISION TEST;

ELECTRONICS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RETINA; VISION; VISION TESTS;

EID: 0036513245     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.2002.00011.x     Document Type: Article

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