(In) Sensitivity to spatial distortion in natural scenes

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-15

  Bex, Peter J ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Space and scene perception; Spatial vision; Structure of natural images

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA FOVEA;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FORM PERCEPTION; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 77955502410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.2.23     Document Type: Article

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