| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4036427 | Vision Research | 2007 | 16 Pages |
Abstract
We estimated spatial summation areas for the detection of luminance-modulated (LM) and contrast-modulated (CM) blobs at the fovea, 2.5, 5 and 10 deg eccentrically. Gaussian profiles were added or multiplied to binary white noise to create LM and CM blob stimuli and these were used to psychophysically estimate detection thresholds and spatial summation areas. The results reveal significantly larger summation areas for detecting CM than LM blobs across eccentricity. These differences are comparable to receptive field size estimates made in V1 and V2. They support the notion that separate spatial processing occurs for the detection of LM and CM stimuli.
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Authors
Subash Sukumar, Sarah J. Waugh,