Nizhniy Novgorod Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology named after Academician I.N. Blokhina

Model-based estimation of the population contrast response function in human visual cortex

Contrast determines how strong visual stimuli drive neural responses and, in turn, how well we can see. This contrast-response relationship is nonlinear, with gain control mechanisms acting to compress responses to high-contrast stimuli, effectively setting the contrast range tha...