Effect of contrast and gaps between Vernier stimulus elements on sweep visual evoked potential measurements of human cortical vernier responses

Psychology and Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 199-212

  Hamer, Russell D ^a,b   Alves Carvalho, Fabio ^a   Fix Ventura, Dora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Effect of contrast and gap; Magnocellular signals; Motion responses; Sweep VEP; Vernier acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTION; OPHTHALMOLOGICAL DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; STIMULUS; SWEEP EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; VERNIER; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84887916090     PISSN: 19843054     EISSN: 19833288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3922/j.psns.2013.2.08     Document Type: Article

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