Why do shape aftereffects increase with eccentricity?

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1-21

  Gheorghiu, Elena ^a   Kingdom, Frederick A A ^b   Bell, Jason ^c   Gurnsey, Rick ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Aftereffect; Curvature; Eccentricity; Shape

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AFTERIMAGE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AFTERIMAGE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84855466036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.14.18     Document Type: Article

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