Spatial frequency processing in inferred PC- and MC-pathways

Vision Research

Volumn 43, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 2133-2139

  Leonova, Anna ^a,b   Pokorny, Joel ^a   Smith, Vivianne C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Magnocellular; Parvocellular; Psychophysics; Spatial frequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; MAGNOCELLULAR PATHWAY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARVOCELLULAR PATHWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0038648330     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(03)00333-X     Document Type: Article

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