Time-course and surround modulation of contrast masking in human vision

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Saarela, Toni P ^a   Herzog, Michael H ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contextual modulation; Gabors; Surround suppression; Temporal processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TIME; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 41349103647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.3.23     Document Type: Article

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