title: Spatial scaling of vernier acuity tasks.
abstract: Vernier acuity thresholds for two abutting lines and for a two-dot stimulus were measured as a function of stimulus magnification at eccentricities of 0, 5, 10 and 15 deg using a spatial scaling technique in which all stimuli are simply magnified versions of each other. The advantage of such a technique is that no prior knowledge of a suitable magnification factor with which to increase the size of peripheral stimuli is required. Thresholds for the line stimulus could be successfully scaled by the application of a magnification factor with an E2 value of 1.23-1.78 deg. Further, provided that the effects of dot separation and eccentricity were dissociated, spatial scaling with an E2 value of 1.06-1.96 deg was also successful in removing eccentricity dependence for two-dot vernier thresholds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vision Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, England.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Whitaker
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rovamo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: MacVeigh
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mäkelä
mesh_terms: D005584:Fovea Centralis / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D012684:Sensory Thresholds / Q000502:physiology; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D014794:Visual Fields / Q000502:physiology