Foveal contrast thresholds exhibit spatial-frequency- and polarity-specific contour interactions

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-17

  Ehrt, Oliver ^a,b   Hess, Robert F ^a   Williams, Cristyn B ^a   Sher, Khurram ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDGE DETECTION; FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; TUNING;

CONTOUR INTERACTIONS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA FOVEA; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISION; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037265070     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.20.000011     Document Type: Article

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