The effect of crowding on orientation-selective adaptation in human early visual cortex

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Bi, Taiyong ^a   Cai, Peng ^b,c   Zhou, Tiangang ^b   Fang, Fang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Contrast; Crowding; fMRI; Orientation; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449727778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.11.1     Document Type: Article

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