Orientation discrimination across the visual field: Matching perceived contrast near threshold

Vision Research

Volumn 44, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 2719-2727

  Sally, Sharon L ^a   Gurnsey, Rick ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Hyperacuity; Orientation discrimination; Peripheral vision; Spatial scaling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 4143052649     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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