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Visual discomfort and blur
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dc.contributor.author | O'Hare, Louise | |
dc.contributor.author | Hibbard, Paul Barry | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-07-23T09:01:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-07-23T09:01:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-04-10 | |
dc.identifier.citation | O'Hare , L & Hibbard , P B 2013 , ' Visual discomfort and blur ' , Journal of Vision , vol. 13 , no. 5 , 7 . https://doi.org/10.1167/13.5.7 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1534-7362 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 53342916 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 50e0b528-40d5-4004-bd11-6ef7a2d921f2 | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 84878348573 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/3858 | |
dc.description | This work was supported by a doctoral training grant from the BBSRC to LOH. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Certain visual stimuli, such as striped patterns and filtered noise, have been reported to be uncomfortable. Some filtered noise patterns judged as uncomfortable are those with a relative decrease in contrast amplitude at high spatial frequencies, compared with the statistics typical of natural images. Decreased amplitude at high spatial frequencies is a characteristic often associated with perceived blur. Additionally, the distribution of contrast across spatial frequencies also provides a cue for the accommodation (focusing) response. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between excess low spatial frequency information, discomfort judgments and perceived blur. Results of these experiments show that a relative reduction in high spatial frequency contrast results in both increased discomfort and perceived blur. This is both in artificial and natural stimuli. A possible explanation for this relationship based on accommodation responses is proposed. | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Vision | en |
dc.rights | © 2013 ARVO. This article was made open access through BIS OA funding. | en |
dc.subject | Visual stimuli | en |
dc.subject | Natural images | en |
dc.subject | Blur | en |
dc.subject | Spatial frequency | en |
dc.subject | Visual discomfort | en |
dc.subject | Q Science | en |
dc.subject.lcc | Q | en |
dc.title | Visual discomfort and blur | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.description.version | Publisher PDF | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Psychology and Neuroscience | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1167/13.5.7 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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