A possible explanation of the low-level brightness-contrast illusions in the light of an extended classical receptive field model of retinal ganglion cells

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-96

  Ghosh, Kuntal ^a   Sarkar, Sandip ^a   Bhaumik, Kamales ^b  

^a SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (India)

^b MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

BRIGHTNESS-CONTRAST ILLUSIONS; DIFFERENCE OF GANGLION (DOG); RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

CYBERNETICS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; ILLUSION; LETTER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; LIGHT; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 31344472171     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-005-0038-4     Document Type: Article

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