Temporal whitening: Transient noise perceptually equalizes the 1/f temporal amplitude spectrum

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Cass, John ^a   Alais, David ^a   Spehar, Branka ^a   Bex, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

1 f; Adaptation; Equalization; Masking; Natural scenes; Spatio temporal frequency; Whitening

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LIGHT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 70349193374     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.10.12     Document Type: Article

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