The horizontal effect in suppression: Anisotropic overlay and surround suppression at high and low speeds

Vision Research

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 838-849

  Kim, Yeon Jin ^a   Haun, Andrew M ^a,b   Essock, Edward A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast gain control; Contrast normalization; Horizontal effect; Masking; Natural scenes; Oblique effect; Overlay suppression; Surround suppression; Sustained and transient

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MASKING; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; HUMANS; NOISE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77950298133     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2010.01.020     Document Type: Article

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