CONTRAST-MATCHING ANALYSIS OF GRATING INDUCTION AND SUPRATHRESHOLD CONTRAST PERCEPTION
CONTRAST-MATCHING ANALYSIS OF GRATING INDUCTION AND SUPRATHRESHOLD CONTRAST PERCEPTION
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DOI:
10.1364/josaa.11.000014
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发表时间:
1994-01-01
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1.9
通讯作者:
BLAKESLEE, B
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作者:
MCCOURT, ME;BLAKESLEE, B
The effect that induced gratings [Vision Res. 22, 119 (1982)] exert on the perceived contrast of standard gratings situated within a 0.5 degrees test field was assessed for two observers by a contrast-matching procedure. Five levels of inducing-grating contrast, C-I, ranged from 0.0 to 0.75. Functions relating matching contrast, C-M, to standard-grating contrast, C-S, were obtained at four levels of inducing-grating contrast across a range of standard contrasts, -0.90 less than or equal to C-S less than or equal to +0.90, where the sign denotes the spatial phase of the standard relative to the inducing grating. The matching functions possessed three distinct limbs separated by two inflection points; the limb between the inflection points represents a region of high contrast gain. Another measure, canceling contrast, was obtained at the four levels of inducing contrast by variation of C-S until the test field appeared spatially homogeneous. Induction magnitude measured in terms of canceling contrast, C-C, grew approximately linearly with C-I, such that C-C = 0.819 (C-I). Induction magnitude determined from matching-contrast data obtained for homogeneous test fields (i.e., C-M for C-S = 0.0) grew as a decelerating function of inducing-grating contrast, such that C-M = 0.308(C-I)(1.8)/([C-I](1.8) + 0.096), effectively asymptoting at a contrast of approximately 0.275 for C-I greater than or equal to 0.50. When the difference between the absolute values of matching and standard contrast, \C-M\ - \C-S\, is plotted against the ratio of standard to inducing-grating contrast, C-S/C-I, the resulting functions are generally biphasic, revealing regions of both contrast overmatching (i.e., \C-M\ > \C-S\) and contrast under-matching, \C-M\ < \C-S\. A four-parameter model is presented that accounts for many features of the raw matching functions and that is mathematically similar to Semmelroth's account of the crispening effect in brightness matching [J. Opt. Soc. Am, 60, 1685 (1970)]. The model describes matching contrast, C-M, as the weighted sum of two nonlinear contrast-response functions whose inputs are C-S and C-S - C-I. The results are discussed relative to the crispening effect (the effect of contrast adaptation on perceived contrast) and to similarities and differences in luminance and contrast-domain visual processing.