Excitatory and inhibitory interaction fields of flankers revealed by contrast-masking functions

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Chen, Chien Chung ^a   Tyler, Christopher W ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast discrimination; Lateral interaction; Masking; Sensitivity modulation; TvC function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING;

EID: 42249115257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.4.10     Document Type: Article

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