Efficient integration across spatial frequencies for letter identification in foveal and peripheral vision

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 13, 2008, Pages

  Nandy, Anirvan S ^a   Tjan, Bosco S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fovea; Letter identification; Periphery; Spatial frequency channels; Summation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RETINA FOVEA; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 54149103282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.13.3     Document Type: Article

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