Adaptation and the color statistics of natural images

MA Webster, JD Mollon - Vision research, 1997 - Elsevier
Color perception depends profoundly on adaptation processes that adjust sensitivity in
response to the prevailing pattern of stimulation. We examined how color sensitivity and …

Band-limited contrast in natural images explains the detectability of changes in the amplitude spectra

DJ Tolhurst, Y Tadmor - Vision research, 1997 - Elsevier
The psychophysical task of discriminating changes in the slopes of the amplitude spectra of
complex images has been used in the past to test whether the human visual system might …