An unusual kind of contrast adaptation: Shifting a contrast comparison level

Journal of Vision

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Wolfson, S Sabina ^a   Graham, Norma ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Contrast; Human vision; Pattern; Psychophysics; Second order; Texture

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34347242826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/7.8.12     Document Type: Article

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