Detection of vernier and contrast-modulated stimuli with equal Fourier energy spectra by infants and adults

Journal of Vision

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 230-243

  Brown, Angela M ^a   Adusumili, Veena ^a   Lindsey, Delwin T ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast discrimination; Contrast sensitivity; Detection; Equivalence class; Fourier phase spectrum; Identification; Vernier acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 27344443110     PISSN: 15347362     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/5.3.7     Document Type: Article

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