Resolution of complex motion detectors in the central and peripheral visual field

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1598-1607

  Bex, Peter J ^a   Falkenberg, Helle K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCUSING; OPTICAL FLOWS; PHOTODETECTORS;

FOCUS OF RADIAL MOTION; MOTION DETECTORS; NOISE ANALYSIS; OPTIC FLOW PATTERNS;

OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL FIELD;

DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33749351196     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.001598     Document Type: Article

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