Primary visual cortex scales individual's perceived brightness with power function: Inner psychophysics with fMRI

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1341-1347

  Tsubomi, Hiroyuki ^a   Ikeda, Takashi ^b   Osaka, Naoyuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brightness; FMRI; Inner psychophysics; Power function; Primary visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMAN; LIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; LIGHT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874755567     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030025     Document Type: Article

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