Contrast gain control in natural scenes

Journal of Vision

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Bex, Peter J ^a,b   Mareschal, Isabelle ^b   Dakin, Steven C ^b  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast; Gain control; Natural images

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; NATURAL SCIENCE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NATURE; PHOTOGRAPHY; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 34548440320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/7.11.12     Document Type: Article

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