Contrast sensitivity for letter optotypes vs. gratings under conditions biased toward parvocellular and magnocellular pathways

Vision Research

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1574-1584

  McAnany, J Jason ^a   Alexander, Kenneth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Letters; Magnocellular; Parvocellular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 31344460913     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2005.08.019     Document Type: Article

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