Imperceptibly rapid contrast modulations processed in cortex: Evidence from psychophysics

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Falconbridge, Michael ^a   Ware, Adam ^a   MacLeod, Donald I A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Consciousness; Primary visual cortex; Temporal frequency response

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL CORTEX;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; LIGHT; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 79955148910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.8.21     Document Type: Article

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