Contrast coding and magno/parvo segregation revealed in reaction time studies

Vision Research

Volumn 43, Issue 25, 2003, Pages 2707-2719

  Murray, I J ^a   Plainis, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Contrast spatial frequency; Magno cellular; Parvo cellular; Reaction times; Sinusoidal gratings

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; COLOR VISION; GENICULATE BODY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0642341029     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(03)00408-5     Document Type: Article

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