Researchers from University of Tartu publish new studies and findings in the area of life sciences.

Science Letter | June 2, 2009 | Copyright

Fresh data on life sciences are presented in the report 'Metacontrast masking of target-area internal contours and target overall surface brightness: the case of mutually coherent and incoherent visual objects.' According to a study from Tallinn, Estonia, "Metacontrast masking is by no means a unitary phenomenon, as is evidenced in recent studies showing differences between masking of surface-and contour properties of target stimuli (Breitmeyer et al., 2006; Ishikawa et al., 2006). Optima of masking appear earlier for contour processing and feature-specific operations ...

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