How do attention and adaptation affect contrast sensitivity?

Journal of Vision

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Pestilli, Franco ^a   Viera, Gerardo ^a   Carrasco, Marisa ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Attention; Contrast gain; Contrast sensitivity; Orientation discrimination; Response gain

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ATTENTION; BRAIN; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 34249806296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/7.7.9     Document Type: Article

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