Temporal modulation of spatial contrast vision in pigeons (Columba livia)

Vision Research

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 761-767

  Hodos, William ^a   Potocki, Alex ^a,b   Ghim, Mimi M ^a   Gaffney, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Kent Scientific Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Columba livia; Contrast sensitivity; Pigeons; Spatial modulation; Temporal modulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0037337575     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(02)00417-0     Document Type: Article

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