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Visual Masking

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Perception

Part of the book series: Handbook of Sensory Physiology ((SENSORY,volume 8))

Abstract

Masking is the destructive interaction or interference that occurs among stimuli when their impingements on a receptor are closely coupled in space or time. This interaction is a general perceptual phenomenon operative in all modalities. It has been studied most extensively, however, in audition and vision, with vision receiving the greatest amount of attention. The work reviewed in this chapter is confined to masking in vision.

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    Richard Held

  2. Psychology Department, Pennsylvania State University, 417 Moore Building, University Park, PA, 16802, USA

    Herschel W. Leibowitz

  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

    Hans-Lukas Teuber

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Fox, R. (1978). Visual Masking. In: Held, R., Leibowitz, H.W., Teuber, HL. (eds) Perception. Handbook of Sensory Physiology, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46354-9_20

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