Optimal size for perceiving motion decreases with contrast

Vision Research

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 2059-2064

  Tadin, Duje ^a   Lappin, Joseph S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Area MT; Center surround interactions; Motion; Spatial summation; Surround inhibition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; MOTION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL SUMMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 17444378610     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2005.01.029     Document Type: Article

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