The transducer model for contrast detection and discrimination: Formal relations, implications, and an empirical test

Spatial Vision

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 5-43

  García Pérez, Miguel A ^a   Alcalá Quintana, Rocío ^a  

^a Campus de Somosaguas   (Spain)

Author keywords

2AFC; Detection; Discrimination; Psychometric function; Signal detection theory; Transducer model

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; DISCRIMINATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL THEORY;

2AFC TASKS; CONTRAST DETECTION; CONTRAST PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRIC FUNCTION; SIGNAL DETECTION THEORY; TRANSDUCER MODEL;

TRANSDUCERS;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TRANSDUCERS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33847022734     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856807779369724     Document Type: Article

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