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Original Article

Detecting dead regions using psychophysical tuning curves: A comparison of simultaneous and forward masking

La detección de regiones muertas utilizando curvas psicofísicas de afinamiento: Una comparación del enmascaramiento simultáneo y el anterógrado

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Pages 463-476 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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