The effects of display time and eccentricity on the detection of amplitude and phase degradations in textured stimuli

Journal of Vision

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Clarke, Alasdair D F ^a   Green, Patrick R ^b   Chantler, Mike J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amplitude; Display time; Eccentricity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA FOVEA; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860668834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/12.3.7     Document Type: Article

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