Review: Steady and pulsed pedestals, the how and why of post-receptoral pathway separation

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1-23

  Pokorny, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast gain; Ganglion cells; Magnocellular parvocellular; Retina; Spatial vision; Temporal vision

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA; REVIEW; VISUAL SYSTEM;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 80054120950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.5.1     Document Type: Review

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