Human temporal impulse response speeds up with increased stimulus contrast

Vision Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 285-298

  Stromeyer III, C F ^a,b   Martini, P ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast; Luminance mechanism; Temporal impulse response

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUMINANCE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037301225     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(02)00412-1     Document Type: Article

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