What is the strength of a mask in visual metacontrast masking?

Journal of Vision

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Duangudom, Varinthira ^a,c,d   Francis, Gregory ^b,c   Herzog, Michael H ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

B type masking; Backward masking; Spatial vision; Vemiers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; STRENGTH; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MASKING; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TIME;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846675968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/7.1.7     Document Type: Article

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