Perceived contrast following adaptation: The role of adapting stimulus visibility

Spatial Vision

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-19

  Barrett, Brendan T ^a   McGraw, Paul V ^a   Morrill, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast adaptation; Orientation; Spatial frequency; Visibility

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; TRANSDUCERS; VISIBILITY;

CONTRAST ADAPTATION;

NEUROLOGY;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0036987867     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685680260433878     Document Type: Conference Paper

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