Contrast adaptation: Paradoxical effects when the temporal frequencies of adaptation and test differ

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 421-426

  Heinrich, Thomas Stephan ^a   Bach, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast adaptation; Electroretinogram; Temporal frequency; Visual evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0036663754     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523802194041     Document Type: Article

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