Contrast Adaptation Implies Two Spatiotemporal Channels but Three Adapting Processes

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1283-1296

  Langley, Keith ^a   Bex, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptation; contrast; gain control; model; sensitivity

Indexed keywords

AFTERIMAGE; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; AFTERIMAGE; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 38349150954     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.33.6.1283     Document Type: Article

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