The roles of mask luminance and perceptual grouping in visual backward masking

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Dombrowe, Isabel ^a,b   Hermens, Frouke ^a,c   Francis, Gregory ^d   Herzog, Michael H ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backward masking; Spatial grouping; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISION;

HUMANS; LIGHTING; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 70449699890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.11.1     Document Type: Article

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