Contrast thresholds for the detection of flicker and the detection of pattern were measured for nasal and temporal retinae of each eye separately. While confirming that these two types of thresholds can differ, depending on spatial frequency, the results provide no support for hemiretinal or hemispheric asymmetries in the distribution of the putative pattern and movement channels.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
BentonA L, 1969“Disorders of spatial orientation” in Handbook of Clinical Neurology volume 3 Disorders of Higher Nervous Activity Eds VinkenP JBryanG W, (Amsterdam: North-Holland) pp 212–228
2.
BerkleyM AKitterleFWatkinsD W, 1975“Grating visibility as a function of orientation and retinal eccentricity”Vision Research15239–244
3.
BlakeR, 1977“Threshold condition for binocular rivalry”Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance3251–257
4.
BreitmeyerB GGanzL, 1976“Implications of sustained and transient channels for theories of visual pattern masking, saccadic suppression, and information processing”Psychological Review831–36
5.
BuntA HMincklerD SJohansonG W, 1977“Demonstration of bilateral projection of the central retina of the monkey with horseradish peroxidase neuronography”Journal of Comparative Neurology171619–633
6.
Enroth-CugellCRobsonJ G, 1966“The contrast sensitivity of retinal ganglion cells of the cat”Journal of Physiology (London)187517–552
7.
FukudaYStoneJ, 1974“Retinal distribution and central projections of Y-, X-, and W-cells of the cat's retina”Journal of Neurophysiology37749–772
8.
HarwerthR SLeviD M, 1978“Reaction time as a measure of suprathreshold grating detection”Vision Research181579–1586
9.
HoffmanK-PStoneJShermanS M, 1972“Relay of receptive field properties in dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat”Journal of Neurophysiology35518–531
10.
KeeseyU, 1972“Flicker and pattern detection: A comparison of thresholds”Journal of the Optical Society of America61446–448
11.
KirkD LLevickW RClelandB G, 1976“Crossed and uncrossed representation of the visual field by brisk-sustained and brisk-transient cat retinal ganglion cells”Vision Research16225–232
12.
KulikowskiJ JTolhurstD J, 1973“Psychophysical evidence for sustained and transient detectors in human vision”Journal of Physiology (London)232149–162
13.
LeggeG E, 1978“Sustained and transient mechanisms in human vision: Temporal and spatial properties”Vision Research1869–81
14.
RoseDBlakemoreC, 1974“An analysis of orientation selectivity in the cat's visual cortex”Experimental Brain Research201–17
15.
StoneJFukudaY, 1974“The naso-temporal division of the cat's retina re-examined in terms of Y-, X- and W-cells”Journal of Comparative Neurology155377–394
16.
TrevarthenC B, 1968“Two mechanisms of vision in primates”Psychologia Forschung31299–337
17.
WalesRBlakeR, 1970“Rule for obtaining 75% threshold with the staircase method”Journal of the Optical Society of America60284–285
