Analysis and test of laws for backward (metacontrast) masking

Spatial Vision

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 163-185

  Francis, Gregory ^a   Rothmayer, Mark ^a   Hermens, Frouke ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Backward masking; Dynamic vision; Metacontrast

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; NEUROLOGY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACKWARD MASKING; DYNAMIC VISION; METACONTRAST; STIMULUS ONSET ASYNCHRONY (SOA);

VISION;

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

COGNITION; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 3042640443     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568568041865962     Document Type: Article

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