Spatial properties of curvature-encoding mechanisms revealed through the shape-frequency and shape-amplitude after-effects

Vision Research

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1107-1124

  Gheorghiu, Elena ^a   Kingdom, Frederick A A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; After effect; Contour shape; Curvature; Opponent; Polarity

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CURVE FITTING; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOGONAL ROTATION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FIGURAL AFTEREFFECT; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 41649108781     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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