The use of phantom contours to isolate magnocellular and parvocellular responses

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 315-320

  Skottun, Bernt C ^a   Skoyles, John R ^b  

^a Skottun Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contours; Dyslexia; Flicker; Magnocellular; Parvocellular; Temporal frequency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MAGNOCELLULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARVOCELLULAR SYSTEM; PHANTOM; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33244460772     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450500403330     Document Type: Article

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