The external noise normalized gain profile of spatial vision

Journal of Vision

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2014, Pages

  Hou, Fang ^a   Lu, Zhong Lin ^a   Huang, Chang Bing ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Channel; Contrast sensitivity function; Gain; Noise; Perceptual template model; Spatial frequency; Spatial vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPATIAL PROCESSING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84916211352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/14.13.9     Document Type: Article

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