Is the DeVries-Rose to Weber transition empirically possible with sine-wave gratings?

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-118

  García Pérez, Miguel A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Campus de Somosaguas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; DeVries Rose law; Retinal illuminance; Visual acuity; Weber's law

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144556415     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600005011     Document Type: Article

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