Contrast constancy in natural scenes in shadow or direct light: A proposed role for contrast-normalisation (non-specific suppression) in visual cortex

Network: Computation in Neural Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 151-173

  Lauritzen, J S ^a   Tolhurst, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast; Contrast constancy; Environmental lighting; Gabor; Natural scenes; Shadows; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; LIGHTING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 30344473608     PISSN: 0954898X     EISSN: 13616536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920500304582     Document Type: Conference Paper

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