Evidence that global processing does not limit thresholds for RF shape discrimination

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1-21

  Mullen, Kathy T ^a   Beaudot, William H A ^a   Ivanov, Iliya V ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Color vision; Global; Isoluminance; Orientation discrimination; Radial frequency; Shape discrimination; Spatial vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79960845242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.3.1     Document Type: Article

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