A horizontal bias in human visual processing orientation and its correspondence to the structural components of natural scenes

Journal of Vision

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1044-1060

  Hansen, Bruce C ^a   Essock, Edward A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast gain control; Horizontal effect; Natural scene perception; Normalization; Oblique effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; IMAGERY; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WEATHER; ADOLESCENT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 24644491160     PISSN: 15347362     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/4.12.5     Document Type: Article

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