Breaking camouflage: Binocular disparity reduces contrast masking in natural images

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Wardle, Susan G ^a   Cass, John ^b   Brooks, Kevin R ^c   Alais, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Binocular vision; Contrast sensitivity; Depth; Masking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISION DISPARITY; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 79251585259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.14.38     Document Type: Article

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