A neurophysiologically plausible population code model for human contrast discrimination

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Goris, Robbe L T ^a   Wichmann, Felix A ^b,c   Henning, G Bruce ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c BERNSTEIN CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational model; Contrast perception; Pedestal effect; Population coding; Spatial vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 68149132996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.7.15     Document Type: Article

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