A mechanistic inter-species comparison of spatial contrast sensitivity

Vision Research

Volumn 48, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 2284-2292

  Jarvis, John R ^a   Wathes, Christopher M ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acuity; Lateral inhibition; Modulation transfer function; Optical attenuation; Spatial contrast sensitivity; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EAGLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCANDENTIA; SPECIES COMPARISON; SQUIRREL MONKEY; VISION;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 51649109020     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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