Luminance and chromatic contributions to a hyperacuity task: Isolation by contrast polarity and target separation

Vision Research

Volumn 56, Issue , 2012, Pages 28-37

  Sun, Hao ^a   Cooper, Bonnie ^a   Lee, Barry B ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatic; Contrast; Hyperacuity; Luminance; Magnocellular; Parvocellular; Polarity; Vernier

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LUMINANCE; MACACA; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84862823201     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: 18785646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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