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An additional dimension to grating perception.

C W Tyler
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Visual acuity (A) for a two-dimensional multiplicative sinusoidal contrast grid (sinusoidal chessboard) was measured as a function of spatial frequency (omega) of modulation in one of the dimensions. The reduction in acuity as frequency was increased was well described by the equation: A = -2pikomega + c, where k and c are constants. At suprathreshold contrasts, the frequency of modulation appeared to be doubled relative to the underlying modulation frequency. This doubling is not related to the frequency of the harmonic components of the chessboard, but suggests the existence of a perceptual mechanism sensitive to areas of sinusoidal modulation which are seen at twice the frequency of the variation in contrast.

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C W Tyler. 1978. An additional dimension to grating perception.. https://doi.org/10.1068/p070707

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