Abstract
We measured contrast thresholds in high- and low-pass noise for identifying letters and detecting gratings. Assuming that squared contrast threshold is proportional to the total noise power passed by a single linear filter (“channel”), we calculated modulation transfer functions for the visual filters underlying the performance of each task. The filters used for letter identification and grating detection are remarkably similar.
© 1993 Optical Society of America
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