Effect of contrast on the active control of a moving line

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2873-2886

  Li, Li ^a,b   Sweet, Barbara T ^a   Stone, Leland S ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PLOTS AND CURVES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE NEUROSCIENCE;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17644368906     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00200.2004     Document Type: Article

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