Spatial luminance contrast sensitivity measured with transient VEP: Comparison with psychophysics and evidence of multiple mechanisms

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 3396-3404

  Souza, Givago S ^a   Gomes, Bruno D ^a   Saito, Cézar A ^a   Da Silva Filho, Manoel ^a   Silveira, Luiz Carlos L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 34548078763     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-0018     Document Type: Article

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