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Visual threshold task example presentations. (A) Patch containing only visual static noise (i.e., no signal). (B) Patch containing 40 vertical gratings (i.e., signal). Insets each show close ups of visual stimuli to make it more apparent that panel (B) contains vertical gratings. Subjects were tasked with determining which interval presentation (first or second) contained the vertical gratings.
