Spatial frequency and visual discomfort

Vision Research

Volumn 51, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1767-1777

  O'Hare, Louise ^a   Hibbard, Paul B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Natural images; Spatial frequency; Visual discomfort

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISION; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960838182     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: 18785646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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