Contrast and stimulus information effects in rapid learning of a visual task

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Abbey, Craig K ^a,b   Pham, Binh T ^a   Shimozaki, Steven S ^c   Eckstein, Miguel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast effects; Ideal observer; Learning efficiency; Perceptual learning; Stimulus information

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

BAYES THEOREM; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; LEARNING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 39749172457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.2.8     Document Type: Article

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