Publications (1994-2023)


2023 Publications

 

Vision Bus Aotearoa: a platform for strengthening eye health teaching, research and community partnership

J.M. Black, A.V. Collins, G. Phillips, A. Giurgiu, V. Morar, J. Ramke, R. Watene & S.C. Dakin

Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 106 (2)

 

Ageing changes of outer nuclear layer thickness and cone photoreceptor density using adaptive optics-free imaging

J. Matlach, P.J., Mulholland, C. Cilkova, R. Chopra, N. Shah, T. Redmond, S.C. Dakin, D.F. Garway-Heath & R.S. Anderson.

European Journal of Ophthalmology, 33(3)


2022 Publications

 

Diagnosis of colour vision deficits using eye movements.

A. Taore, G. Lobo, P.R.K. Turnbull & S.C. Dakin

Scientific Reports


The effect of induced intraocular stray light on recognition thresholds for high-pass filtered letters

S.N. Shah, S.C. Dakin, P.J. Mulholland, K Racheva, J. Matlach & R.S. Anderson

Translational Vision Science & Technology, 11(5):4


2021 Publications

 
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Retinal implantation of electronic vision prostheses to treat retinitis pigmentosa: A systematic review

L. Hallum & S.C. Dakin

Translational Vision Science & Technology, 10 (8)

 
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The effect of cellphone position on driving & gaze behaviour

P.R.K. Turnbull, S. Khanal & S.C. Dakin

Scientific Reports, 11(1):7692

 
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Strengthening Indigenous Eye Care in Australia & New Zealand Through a ‘Leaders in Indigenous Optometry Education Network’

S.A. Bentley, N. Anstice, J. Armitage, J. Booth, S. Dakin, G. Fitzpatrick, L. Keay& A. McKendrick

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 45 (2), pp89-92


2020 Publications

 
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The effect of simulated visual field loss on optokinetic nystagmus

S.M. Doustkouhi, P.R.K. Turnbull & S.C. Dakin

Translational Vision Science & Technology, 8(1):16

 
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The effect of refractive error on optokinetic nystagmus

S.M. Doustkouhi, P.R.K. Turnbull & S.C. Dakin

Scientific Reports 10, 20062


2019 Publications

 
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Impact of changes in viewing distance during paediatric visual acuity testing

L. Hamm, K. Mistry, J. Black & S.C. Dakin

Translational Vision Science & Technology, 8(1):16

 
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Evaluation of vision screening in 5-15 year-old children in three Tongan schools: comparison of The Auckland Optotypes and Lea Symbols

L. Hamm, F. Langridge, J. Black, N. Anstice, M. Vuki, T. Fakakovikaetau, C. Grant & S.C. Dakin

Clinical & Experimental Optometry, 103, pp353-360


2018 Publications

 
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A comparison of tests for quantifying sensory eye dominance

M. Bossi, L. Hamm, A. Dahlmann-Noor & S.C. Dakin

Vision Research 153, 60-69

 
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Prior object knowledge shapes early visual feature-detectors by top-down modulation

C. Teufel, S.C. Dakin & P.C. Fletcher

Scientific Reports, 8(1):10853

 

The Auckland Optotypes: A new pictogram set for measuring recognition acuity

L. Hamm, N.S. Anstice, J. Yeoman & S.C. Dakin

Journal of Vision, 18.

 

Semantic content outweighs low-level saliency in determining children's & adults' fixation of movies.

A. Rider, A. Coutrot, E. Pelicano, S.C. Dakin & I. Mareschal.

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 166, 293-309


2017 Publications

 

Comparing averaging limits for social cues over space and time

J. Florey, S.C. Dakin & I. Mareschal

Journal of Vision, 17(9), 1-13

 
 
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Binocular therapy for childhood amblyopia improves vision without breaking interocular suppression

M. Bossi, E.A. Anderson, J..A. Greenwood, P.J. Bex, V. Tailor, A. Dahlmann-Noor & S.C. Dakin

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 58, 3031-43

 

Visual integration of direction and orientation information in autistic children

C. Manning, M.S. Tibber & Dakin, S.C.

Autism and Developmental Language Impairments, 2, 1-16

 
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Visual population receptive fields in people with schizophrenia have reduced inhibitory surrounds

E.J. Anderson, M.S. Tibber, D.S. Schwarzkopf, S.S. Shergill, G. Rees & S.C. Dakin

Journal of Neuroscience, 37, 1546-1556

 
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Relationship between psychophysical measures of retinal ganglion cell density and in vivo measures of cone density in glaucoma

J. Matlach, P.J. Mullholland, M. Cilkova, R. Chopra, N. Shah, T. Redmond, S.C. Dakin, D.F. Garway-Heath & R.S. Anderson Ophthalmology, 124, 310-19


2016 Publications

 
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Similar contrast sensitivity functions measured using psychophysics and optokinetic nystagmus

P.R.K. Turnbull & S.C. Dakin

Scientific Reports, 6: 34514

 
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Spatial limitations in averaging social cues

J. Florey, C.W.G. Clifford, S.C. Dakin & I. Mareschal, I.

Scientific Reports, 6: 32210.

 

Adaptable history biases in human perceptual decisions

A. Abrahamyan, L. Silva, S.C. Dakin, M. Carandini & J. Gardner

Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA, 113 (25)

 

Visual acuity loss in patients with age-related macular degeneration, measured using a novel high-pass letter chart

N. Shah, S.C. Dakin, S. Dobinson, A. Tufail, C.A. Egan & R.S. Anderson

British Journal of Ophthalmology 100, 1346–1352


2015 Publications

 
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Spatial-frequency dependent binocular imbalance in amblyopia

M-Y, Kwon, E. Wiecek, S.C. Dakin & P.J. Bex, P.J

Scientific Reports, 5, 17181

 
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Peripheral processing of gaze,

J. Florey, C.W.G. Clifford, S.C. Dakin & I. Mareschal

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 41(4):1084-94

 

Enhanced integration of motion information in children with autism

C. Manning, S.C. Dakin, M. Tibber & E. Pellicano

J Neuroscience, 35, 6979-86

 

Prevalence, patterns and repeatability of metamorphopsia in macular disease: A statistical analysis of 7,106 Amsler Grids

E. Wiecek, K. Lashkari, S.C. Dakin & P.J. Bex

Ophthalmology 122(2): 431–433

 
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Local and global limits on visual processing in schizophrenia

M.S. Tibber, E.J. Anderson, T. Bobin, P. Carlin, S.S. Shergill & S.C. Dakin

PLOS One, 10(2): e0117951

 
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Metamorphopsia and letter recognition

E. Wiecek, S.C. Dakin & P.J. Bex

Journal of Vision, 14(14):1, 1-10


2014 Publications

 

Novel quantitative assessment of metamorphopsia in maculopathy

E. Wiecek, K. Lashkari, S.C. Dakin & P.J. Bex

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 56(1):494-504


2013 Publications

 
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Sensitivity to numerosity is not a unique visuospatial psychophysical predictor of mathematical ability

M.S. Tibber, G.S. Manasseh R.C. Clarke,G. Gagin, S.N. Swanbeck, B. Butterworth, R.B. Lotto & S.C. Dakin

Vision Research, 89, 1-9

 

Orientation-crowding within contours

J.C. Glen & S.C. Dakin

Journal of Vision, 13(8): 14,

 

Reduced crowding & poor contour detection in schizophrenia are consistent with weak surround inhibition

V. Robol, E.J. Anderson, M.S. Tibber, T. Bobin, P. Carlin, S.S. Shergill & S.C. Dakin

PLOS One, 8 (4), e60951, 1-11.


2012 Publications

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Visual acuity, crowding, & binocularity are linked in children with & without amblyopia

J.A. Greenwood, V.K. Tailor, J. Sloper, A.J. Simmers, P.J. Bex, & S.C. Dakin

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 53 (12),  pp7655-7665,

 
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Effects of peripheral visual field loss on eye movements during visual search

E. Wiecek, L. Pasquale, J. Fiser, S.C. Dakin & P.J. Bex

Frontiers in Perception Science, 3(472), 1-13

 

Effect of optical defocus on detection and recognition of vanishing optotype letters in the fovea and periphery

N. Shah, S.C. Dakin, & R.S. Anderson

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 53(10), pp6600-6609.

 
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Visual search with image modification in age-related macular degeneration

E. Wiecek, M.L. Jackson, S.C. Dakin & P.J. Bex Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 53(10), 6600-6609.

 

The role of crowding in contextual influences on contour integration

V. Robol, C. Casco & S.C. Dakin
Journal of Vision 12(7): 3,

 
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Number and density discrimination rely on a common metric: Similar psychophysical effects of size, contrast, and divided attention

M.S. Tibber, J.A. Greenwood & S.C. Dakin

Journal of Vision12(6): 8,

 

The neural correlates of crowding-induced changes in appearance

E.J. Anderson, S.C. Dakin, D.S. Schwartzkopf, G. Rees & J.A. Greenwood

Current Biology, 221-8

 
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Detection & discrimination of vanishing optotype letters in central & peripheral vision

S. Demirel, R.S. Anderson, S.C. Dakin, L.N. Thibos

Vision Research, ,59, 9-16 

 
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Crowding following binding of feature and position

J.. Greenwood, P.J. Bex &, S.C. Dakin

Journal of Vision, 12(3): 18,

 

The clinical translation of a measure of gain control: the contrast-contrast effect task

D.M. Barch, C.C. Carter, S.C. Dakin, J. Gold, S. J. Luck, A MacDonald III, J.D. Ragland, S. Silverstein & M.E. Strauss

Schizophrenia Bulletin, 38(1): pp135-43

 

Clinical, functional, and intertask correlations of measures developed by the cognitive neuroscience test reliability and clinical applications for schizophrenia consortium

J.M. Gold, D.M. Barch, C.C. Carter, S.C. Dakin, J. Gold, S. J. Luck, A MacDonald III, J.D. Ragland, C. Ranganath, I. Kovacs, S.M. Silverstein & M.E. Strauss, Schizophrenia Bulletin, 38(1):144-52.,


2011 Publications

A common perceptual metric for human discrimination of number and density

S.C. Dakin, M. Tibber, J.A. Greenwood, F.A.A. Kingdom & M.J. Morgan

Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA, 108(49), pp19552-19557

 
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Crowding is tuned for perceived (not physical) location

S.C. Dakin, J.A. Greenwood, T.A. Carlson & P.J. Bex

Journal of Vision, 11(9): 2

 
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Psychophysical Measures of Visual Acuity in Autism Spectrum Conditions

T. Tavassoli, K. Latham, M. Bach, S.C. Dakin, A. Vincente-Grabovetsky & S. Baron-Cohen

Vision Research51(15): pp1778-80

 
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Quantifying “the aperture problem” for judgments of motion direction in natural scenes

D.Kane, P.J. Bex & S.C. Dakin

Journal of Vision, 11(3): 25

 
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Vanishing optotype letter acuity: Repeatability and effect of the number of alternatives

N. Shah, S.C. Dakin, T. Redmond & R.S. Anderson.

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics31, 17-22


2010 Publications

 
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Horizontal information drives the specific signatures of face processing

V. Goffaux & S.C. Dakin

Frontiers in Perception Science, 1:143

 
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Anisotropies in judging the direction of moving natural scenes

S.C. Dakin, D. Apthorp, & D. Alais 

Journal of Vision, 10(11): 5

 
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Probabilistic, positional averaging predicts object-level crowding effects with letter-like stimuli

S.C. Dakin, J. Cass, J.A. Greenwood & P.J. Bex

Journal of Vision,  10(10):14, pp1-16

 

Crowding changes appearance

J.A. Greenwood, P.J. Bex & S.C. Dakin

Current Biology20, 496-501.

 

The utility of image descriptions in the initial stages of vision: a case study of printed text

R.J. Watt & S.C. Dakin 

British Journal of Psychology, 101, 1-26.


2009 Publications

 
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Monocular signals in human lateral geniculate nucleus reflect the Craik–Cornsweet–O'Brien effect

E. Anderson, S.C. Dakin & G. Rees

Journal of Vision,  9(12):14, pp1-18

 
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Dissociable effects of attention and crowding on orientation averaging

S.C. Dakin , P.J. Bex, J. Cass & R.J. Watt

Journal of Vision, 9(11):28, pp1-16

 

VISION: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally

S.C. Dakin

Current Biology,19, ppR851-4.

 

The aperture problem in contoured stimuli

D. Kane, P.J. Bex & S.C. Dakin 

Journal of Vision,, 9(10):13, pp1-17

 
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Contrast sensitivity in natural scenes depends on edge and spatial frequency structure

P.J. Bex, S.G. Solomon & S.C. Dakin 

Journal of Vision, 9(10):1, pp1-19

 
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Regarding “Eagle-Eyed Visual Acuity: An Experimental Investigation of Enhanced Perception in Autism”

M. Bach & S.C. Dakin 

Biological Psychiatry, 66(10), pp19-20

 
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Psychophysical evidence for a non-linear representation of facial identity

S.C. Dakin & D. Omigie

Vision Research, 49, pp2285-2296

 

Positional averaging explains crowding with letter-like stimuli

J.A. Greenwood, P.J. Bex & S.C. Dakin 

Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA, 106(31), pp13130-13135

 
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Context influences contour integration

S.C. Dakin & N.J. Baruch

Journal of Vision9(2):13, pp1-13

 
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Biological “bar codes” in human faces

S.C. Dakin & R.J. Watt

Journal of Vision9(4):2, pp1-10

 
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Deficits in local and global motion perception arising from abnormal eye movements

M.M. Neveu, G. Jeffrey, A.T. Moore & S.C. Dakin

Journal of Vision9(4):9, pp1-15


2008 Publications

 
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

The development of an automated sentence generator for the assessment of reading speed

M.D. Crossland, Legge, G.E. & S.C. Dakin

Behavioural & Brain Function, 28, pp4-14

 
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Sparsely distributed contours dominate extra-striate response to natural scenes

S.O. Dumoulin, S.C. Dakin & R.F. Hess

Neuroimage42, pp890-901

 
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Visual perception and its impairment in schizophrenia

Butler, P.D., S.M. Silverstein & S.C. Dakin

Biological Psychiatry64, pp40-47

 
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Local motion processing limits fine direction discrimination in the periphery

I Mareschal , P.J. Bex. & S.C. Dakin

Vision Research48, pp1719-1725

 

Families of models for gabor paths demonstrate the importance of spatial adjacency

R.J. Watt, T. Ledgeway & S.C. Dakin 

Journal of Vision8(7):23, p1-19

 

Visually-based temporal distortion in dyslexia

A. Johnston, A. Bruno, J. Watanabe, B. Quansah, N. Patel,  S.C. Dakin and S. Nishida

Vision Research48, pp1852-1858  


2007 Publications

 

Illusory stimuli can be used to identify retinal blind spots

M.D. Crossland, S. C. Dakin, & P.J. Bex 

PLoS ONE24, e1060

 
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Contrast gain control in natural scenes

P.J. Bex, I. Mareschal & S.C. Dakin 

Journal of Vision5, p878-887


2006 Publications

 

Dynamic properties of orientation discrimination assessed using classification images

I. Mareschal, S. C. Dakin, & P.J. Bex 

Proc. Nat. Acad. of Sci., USA103, pp5131-5136

 

Integration of local motion is normal in amblyopia

R. F. Hess, B. Mansouri, S.C. Dakin & H.A. Allen

Journal of the Optical Society of America A23, pp986-992

 

Flank facilitation and contour integration: Different sites

P-C Chun, R.F. Hess & S. C. Dakin

Vision Research46, pp3699-3706


2005 Publications

 

Integration, segregation and binocular combination

B. Mansouri, R.F. Hess, H.A. Allen & S. C. Dakin

Journal of the Optical Society of America A22, pp38-48.

 

Spatial interference among moving targets

P.J. Bex & S.C. Dakin.

Vision Research45, pp1385-1398.

 

Weak suppression of visual context in chronic schizophrenia

S.C. Dakin, P. Carlin & D. Hemsley

Current Biology15, ppR822-824.

 

Local and global limitations on direction integration assessed using equivalent noise analysis

S.C. Dakin , I. Mareschal & P.J. Bex.

Vision Research45, pp3027-3049. 

 
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Vagaries of visual perception in autism

S.C. Dakin & U. Frith

Neuron48, pp497-507

 
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An oblique effect for local motion: Psychophysics and natural movie statistics

S.C. Dakin , I. Mareschal & P.J. Bex.

Journal of Vision5, p878-887

 
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Critical band masking in optic flow

P.J. Bex. S.C. Dakin & I. Mareschal

Network: Comp. in Neural System16, p261-284


2004 Publications

 

Integration of orientation information in amblyopia

B. Mansouri, H.A. Allen, R.F. Hess, S.C. Dakin & O. Ehrt

Vision Research44, pp2955-2969. 


2003 Publications

 
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Natural image statistics mediate brightness 'filling in’

S.C. Dakin & P.J. Bex

Proceedings of the Royal Society of LondonB270, pp2341-2348.

 

The shape and size of crowding for moving targets

P.J. Bex, S.C. Dakin. & A.J. Simmers

Vision Research43, pp2895-2904. 

 

Integration of first- & second-order orientation

H.A. Allen, R.F. Hess, B. Mansouri & S.C. Dakin 

Journal of the Optical Society of America A20, pp974-986.

 

Motion detection & the coincidence of structure at high & low spatial frequencies

P.J. Bex & S.C. Dakin

Vision Research43, pp371-383.

 

Grouping local directional signals into moving contours

P.J. Bex, A.J. Simmers, & S.C. Dakin

Vision Research43, pp2141-2153.

 

How many positions can we perceptually encode, one or many?

R.F. Hess, G. Barnes, S.O. Dumoulin & S.C. Dakin.

Vision Research43, pp1575-1587. 

 

Reply to Wilson & Wilkinson: Evidence for global processing but no evidence for specialised detectors in the visual processing of Glass patterns

S.C. Dakin & P.J. Bex 

Vision Research43, pp565-566.

 
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Theories of developmental dyslexia: insights from a multiple case study of dyslexic adults

F. Ramus, S. Rosen, S.C. Dakin, B.L. Day B, J.M. Castellote, S. White & U. Frith.

Brain126, pp841-865.


2002 Publications

 
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Role of synchrony in contour binding: Some transient doubts sustained

S.C. Dakin & P.J. Bex

Journal of the Optical Society of America A19, pp678-686.

 

Comparison of the spatial-frequency selectivity of local & global motion detectors

P.J. Bex & S.C. Dakin

Journal of the Optical Society of America A19, 670-677

 

What causes non-monotonic tuning of fMRI response to noisy images?

S.C. Dakin, R. F. Hess, T. Ledgeway & R.L. Achtman

Current Biology11, ppR476-477.

 

Summation of concentric orientation structure: Seeing the Glass or the window?

S.C. Dakin & P.J. Bex 

Vision Research42, pp 2013-2020.


2001 Publications

 

Information limit on the spatial integration of local orientation signals

S.C. Dakin

Journal of the Optical Society of America A18, pp1016-1026.

 

Contour interaction in amblyopia: Scale selection

R.F. Hess, S.C. Dakin, M. Tewfik & B Brown

Vision Research41, pp2285-2296.

 
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Snakes & Ladders: The role of temporal modulation in visual contour integration

P. J. Bex, A.J. Simmers, S. C. Dakin

Vision Research41, pp3775-3782. 

 
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Local and global visual grouping: Tuning for spatial frequency and contrast

S.C. Dakin & P. J. Bex 

Journal of Vision1, pp99-111.


2000 Publications

 
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Sensitivity to contrast modulation depends on carrier spatial frequency and orientation

S.C. Dakin & I. Mareschal

Vision Research40, pp311-329

 

The foveal 'crowding' effect: Physics or physiology?

R.F. Hess, S.C. Dakin & N. Kapoor 

Vision Research40, pp365-370.

 

The role of relative motion computation in 'direction repulsion'

S.C. Dakin & I. Mareschal

Vision Research40, pp833-841.

 

Impoverished second-order input to global linking in human vision

R.F. Hess, T. Ledgeway & S. Dakin 

Vision Research40, pp3309-3318. 

 

Contour interaction in fovea and periphery

R.F. Hess, S.C. Dakin, N. Kapoor, & M. Tewfik

Journal of the Optical Society of America A17, pp1516-1524 


1999 Publications

 
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Contour integration in the peripheral field

R.F. Hess & S.C. Dakin

Vision Research39, pp947-959

 
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Orientation variance as a quantifier of structure in texture

S.C. Dakin

Spatial Vision12, pp1-30.

 
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The interaction of first- and second-order cues to orientation

S.C. Dakin, C.B. Williams & R. F. Hess

Vision Research39, pp2867-2884. 

 

Contour integration and scale combination processes in visual edge detection

S.C. Dakin & R.F. Hess

Spatial Vision12, pp209-327.

 

Are judgements of circularity local or global?

R.F. Hess , Y-Z. Wang & S.C. Dakin

Vision Research39, pp4354-4360 


1998 Publications

 
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The role of "contrast enhancement" in the detection & appearance of visual contours

R.F. Hess, S.C. Dakin & D.J. Field

Vision Research38, pp783-787.

 
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The spatial region of integration for visual symmetry detection

S.C. Dakin & A.M. Herbert

Proceedings of the Royal Society of LondonB265, pp659-664.

 

Spatial frequency tuning of visual contour extraction

S.C. Dakin & R.F. Hess

Journal of the Optical Society A15, pp1486-1499.


1997 Publications

 

The detection of structure in Glass patterns: Psychophysics and computational models

S.C. Dakin

Vision Research37, pp2227-2246. 

 
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Glass patterns: some contrast effects re-evaluated

S.C. Dakin

Perception26, pp253-268

 

The spatial mechanisms mediating symmetry perception

S.C. Dakin & R.F. Hess

Vision Research37, pp2915-2930. 

 

The computation of orientation statistics from visual texture

S.C. Dakin & R.J. Watt

Vision Research37, pp3181-3192. 

 
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Absence of contour linking in peripheral vision

R.F. Hess & S.C. Dakin 

Nature390, pp602-604.


1994 Publications

 
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Detection of bilateral symmetry using spatial filters

S.C. Dakin & R.J. Watt 

Spatial Vision, 8, pp393-413.