On the decline of 1st and 2nd order sensitivity with eccentricity

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Hess, Robert F ^a   Baker, Daniel H ^b   May, Keith A ^c   Wang, Jian ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast gain control; First order; Internal equivalent noise; Periphery; Second order

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 38749099047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.1.19     Document Type: Article

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