The ratio of the brightest white to the darkest black on a TV or computer monitor. The larger the number, the greater the extremes; for example, car headlights can appear brilliant next to the pitch ...
The early visual system is endowed with adaptive mechanisms that rapidly adjust gain and integration time based on the local luminance (mean intensity) and contrast (standard deviation of intensity ...
Neurons throughout the sensory pathway adapt their responses depending on the statistical structure of the sensory environment. Contrast gain control is a form of adaptation in the auditory cortex, ...