The filtered Fourier difference spectrum predicts psychophysical letter discrimination in the peripheral retina

Spatial Vision

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 5-15

  Anderson, Roger S ^a   Thibos, Larry N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fourier analysis; Letters; Peripheral vision; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FOURIER OPTICS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCIES; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

FOURIER ANALYSIS; LETTERS; PERIPHERAL VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

VISION;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; READING; RETINA; VISUAL ACUITY;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; READING; RETINA; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIZE PERCEPTION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 1642405100     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856804322778242     Document Type: Conference Paper

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