Visual contextual effects of orientation, contrast, flicker and luminance: all are affected by normal aging

The perception of a visual stimulus can be markedly altered by spatial interactions between the stimulus and its surround. For example, a grating stimulus appears lower in contrast when surrounded by a similar pattern of higher contrast: a phenomenon known as surround suppression of perceived contra...

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Main Authors: Bao N Nguyen, Allison M McKendrick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2016.00079/full