Flexible contrast gain control in the right hemisphere

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 269-276

  Okubo, Matia ^a   Nicholls, Michael E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contrast gain control; Hemispheric asymmetry; Luminance contrast; Spatial frequency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LUMINANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 28744452084     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2005.07.007     Document Type: Article

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