Decoupling stimulus duration from brightness in metacontrast masking: Data and models

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 733-745

  Di Lollo, Vincent ^a   Von Mühlenen, Adrian ^a   Enns, James T ^a   Bridgeman, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIGHT; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LIGHT; NEURAL INHIBITION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3242808212     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.30.4.733     Document Type: Article

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