Modelling contrast discrimination data suggest both the pedestal effect and stochastic resonance to be caused by the same mechanism

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Goris, Robbe L T ^a   Wagemans, Johan ^a   Wichmann, Felix A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c BERNSTEIN CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast discrimination; Contrast gain control model; Dipper function; Masking; Spatial vision; Stochastic resonance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; VISION;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 56749151069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.15.17     Document Type: Article

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