Systematic misestimation in a vernier task arising from contrast mismatch

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 365-370

  Sun, Hao ^a   Lee, Barry B ^b,c   Baraas, Rigmor C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast gain; Contrast paradox; Magnocellular; Parvocellular; Vernier

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DETERIORATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 46749153039     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523808080188     Document Type: Conference Paper

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