From spatial frequency contrast to edge preponderance: The differential modulation of early visual evoked potentials by natural scene stimuli

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 221-237

  Hansen, Bruce C ^a   Jacques, Theodore ^a   Johnson, Aaron P ^b   Ellemberg, Dave ^c  

^a Assistant Professor in the University Libraries   (United States)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amplitude spectrum; Image complexity; Natural scenes; Scene statistics; Sparseness; visual evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGERY; LUMINANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 79958814820     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095252381100006X     Document Type: Article

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