Facilitation of contrast detection by cross-oriented surround stimuli and its psychophysical mechanisms

Journal of Vision

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 243-255

  Yu, Cong ^a   Klein, Stanley A ^a   Levi, Dennis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical receptive field; Contrast detection; Cross orientation; Surround modulation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; LIGHT; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LIGHT; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036974766     PISSN: 15347362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/2.3.4     Document Type: Article

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