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Spatial Contrast Adaptation

Spatial Contrast Adaptation is a neurocomputational mechanism within visual adaptation that selectively modulates the sensitivity of spatially tuned neurons in the visual cortex in response to prolonged exposure to specific contrast levels across spatial dimensions, thereby optimizing contrast discrimination in subsequent visual processing.

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2017–2026

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124

On the existence of neurones in the human visual system selectively sensitive to the orientation and size of retinal images

Colin Blakemore, F. W. Campbell · The Journal of Physiology · 1969 · 2.1K citations · Full text

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Improvement in visual sensitivity by changes in local context: Parallel studies in human observers and in V1 of alert monkeys

Mitesh K. Kapadia, Minami Ito, Charles D. Gilbert et al. · Neuron · 1995 · 955 citations · Full text

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Nature and Interaction of Signals From the Receptive Field Center and Surround in Macaque V1 Neurons

James R. Cavanaugh, Wyeth Bair, J. Anthony Movshon · Journal of Neurophysiology · 2002 · 822 citations

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Attention improves or impairs visual performance by enhancing spatial resolution

Yaffa Yeshurun, Marisa Carrasco · Nature · 1998 · 776 citations

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Adaptation of retinal processing to image contrast and spatial scale

Stelios M. Smirnakis, Michael J. Berry, David K. Warland et al. · Nature · 1997 · 561 citations

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Authors

273

  1. MA
    Mark A. Georgeson

    Aston University, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 436 citations

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  2. JW
    Jonathan W. Peirce

    University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 357 citations

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  3. PL
    Peter Lennie

    University of Rochester, United States

    4 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. MW
    Mark W. Greenlee

    University of Regensburg, Germany

    4 publications · 419 citations

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  5. SM
    Svein Magnussen

    University of Oslo, Norway

    4 publications · 270 citations

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Institutions

137

  1. New York University

    New York, United States

    9 h-index

    21 publications

    7.4K citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    2K citations

  3. University of Nevada, Reno

    Reno, United States

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    914 citations

  4. Dalhousie University

    Halifax, Canada

    4 h-index

    15 publications

    466 citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    145 citations

  7. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    642 citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    3K citations

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Venues

  1. Vision Research

    29 publications · 2.1K citations

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  2. Journal of Vision

    14 publications · 617 citations

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  3. Journal of Neurophysiology

    JN · 9 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. Visual Neuroscience

    VMS · 6 publications · 250 citations

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  5. Neuron

    6 publications · 1.7K citations

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