Tips - Raster Graphics Psychophysics Bibliography

Here's a short bibliography of information about the use of raster graphics in psychophysics and related topics. It was compiled by David Brainard, with help from Chien Chung Chen, Mike Landy, Denis Pelli, Tom Robson, Alex Ryer, Bob Sekuler, and Bosco Tjan.

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General

Spatial Vision, Volume 10, Number 4 (1997) and Volume 11, Number 1 (1997). These special issues are devoted to the use of cathode-ray-tube displays in visual psychophysics. They contain papers both on techniques and a series of hardware and software notes. These papers are not listed separately below. Tables of contents for recent issues of Spatial Vision.

Many useful internet links (bibliographies, software listings, etc.) may be found at Vision Science.

Raster graphics

Mulligan, J. B. & Stone, L. S. (1989). Halftoning method for the generation of motion stimuli. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 6,1217-1227.

Pearson, D. E. (1975). Transmission and Display of Pictorial Information. New York: John Wiley & Sons. (Out of print.)

Pelli, D. G. and Zhang, L. (1991). Accurate control of contrast on microcomputer displays. Vision Research, 31, 1337-1350. [pdf]

Savoy, R. L. (1986). Making quantized images appear smooth: Tricks of the trade in vision research. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 18 , 507-517.

Watson, A. B., Nielson, K. R. K., Poirson, A., Fitzhugh, A., Bilson, A.,Nguyen, K. & Ahumada, A. J., Jr. (1986). Use of a raster framebuffer in vision research. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 18 ,587-594.

Monitor calibration and performance

Berns, R. S., R. J. Motta, M. E. Gorzynski.. (1993). Crt colorimetry .1. theory and practice. Color Research and Application 18(5): 299-314.

Berns, R. S., M. E. Gorzynski, R. J. Motta (1993). Crt colorimetry. 2. metrology. Color Research and Application 18(5): 315-325.

Brainard, D. H. (1989). Calibration of a computer controlled color monitor. Color Research and Application 14(1): 23-34.

Brainard, D. H., Pelli, D.G., and Robson, T. (2002). Display characterization. In the Encylopedia of Imaging Science and Technology. J. Hornak (ed.), Wiley. 172-188. (PDF)

Cowan, W. B. (1995). Displays for vision research. Handbook of Optics: Volume 1. Fundamentals, Techniques, and Design. M. Bass. (ed.). New York, McGraw-Hill: 27.1-27.44.

Infante, C. (1985) On the resolution of raster-scanned CRT displays. Proceedings of the SID, 26 (1), 23-26.

Keller, P. A. (1986). Resolution measurement techniques for data display cathode-ray tubes. Displays--Technology and Applications 7(1): 17-29.

Lyons, N. P. and J. E. Farrell (1989). Linear Systems Analysis of CRT Displays. Society for Information Display International Symposium Technical Digest 20: 220-223.

Maloney, L. T. and K. Koh (1988). A method for calibrating the spatial coordinates of a visual display to high accuracy. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers 20(4): 372-389.

Morgan, M. J. and R. J. Watt (1982). The modulation transfer function of a display oscilloscope: measurements and comments. Vision Research 22(8): 1083-1085.

Pelli, D. G. (1997) Pixel independence: Measuring spatial interactions on a CRT display. Spatial Vision 10:443-446. (HTML)

Post, D.L. (1992). Colorimetric measurement, calibration, and characterization of self-luminous displays. Color in Electronic Displays. H. Widdel and D.L. Post (eds.). New York, Plenum Press: 299-312.

Stanislaw, H. and L. A. Olzak (1990). Parametric methods for gamma and inverse gamma correction, with extensions to halftoning. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers 22(4): 402-408.

Color representation and color spaces

Adams, R. and J. Weisberg (1998). GATF Practical Guide to Color Management. Graphic Arts Technical Foundation.

Brainard, D. H. and B. A. Wandell (1990). Calibrated processing of image color. Color Research and Application 15: 266-271.

Brainard, D. H. (1995). Colorimetry. Handbook of Optics: Volume 1. Fundamentals, Techniques, and Design. M. Bass. New York, McGraw-Hill: 26.1-26.54.

Psychophysical methods

Cornsweet, T. N. (1962). The staircase method in psychophysics. American Journal of Psychology 75, 485-491.

King-Smith, P. E., Grigsby, S. S., Vingrys, A. J., Benes, S. C., and Supowit, A. (1994) Efficient and unbiased modifications of the QUEST threshold method: theory, simulations, experimental evaluation and practical implementation. Vision Res, 34 (7), 885-912.

Pelli, D. G. and B. Farell (1995). Psychophysical methods. Handbook of Optics: Volume 1. Fundamentals, Techniques, and Design. M. Bass. New York, McGraw-Hill: 29.1-29.13.

Quick, R. F. Jr. (1974). A vector-magnitude model of contrast detection. Kybernetik 16, 65-67.

Snoeren, P. R. and Puts M.J.H. (1997). Multiple parameter estimation in an adaptive psychometric method: MUEST and extension of the QUEST method. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 41, 431-439.

Treutwein, B. (1995) Adaptive psychophysical procedures. Vision Research, 35, 2503-2522.

Watson, A. B. and Pelli, D. G. (1983) QUEST: a Bayesian adaptive psychometric method. Perception and Psychophysics, 33, 113-20.

Light measurement

Wyszecki, G. and Stiles, W. S. (1982). Colorimetry. New York.: John Wiley and Sons.

Zalewski, E. F. (1995). Radiometry and Photometry. Handbook of Optics: Volume 2. Devices, Measurements, and Properties M. Bass. New York, McGraw-Hill. See also several chapters in Volume 1 of the Handbook.

Software Directories

Misc

Burns, S. A. and R. H. Webb (1995). Optical generation of the visual stimulus. Handbook of Optics: Volume 1. Fundamentals, Techniques, and Design. M. Bass. New York, McGraw-Hill: 28.1-28.29.

Pratt, W. K. (1991). Digital Image Processing, 2nd edition. New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Russ, J. C. (1995). The Image Processing Handbook, 2nd edition. Boca Raton: CRC Press.