The flash was presented against a white presentation field with a size of 57.3×43.0 deg, and luminance of 102 cd/m2.
Stimuli were presented against a light grey (full screen, 9.1 cd/m2) background, using Presentation (version 10.2, Neurobehavioral Systems Inc., www.neurobs.com).
It is also similar in style, depicting a single figure frontally presented against a simplified background.
The awards were presented against a backdrop of continuing concern about whether the arts will suffer further cuts in George Osborne's June spending review.
So here the recorded sound of whooshing cars passing by on highways is presented against a backdrop of sustained, sweetly angelic tonal chords.
Last night's show was presented against a backdrop of "Italian kings of the cinema" and, with the camel coats and ribbed wool jumpers, this commercial collection looked suitably retro and theatrical.
In each instance, the floral image is boldly presented against a canvas collaged with frayed patches and marked with evidence of life's ordinariness, especially accidents like coffee spills, drips and the circular stains left by a cup.
Although the film is shot by Cronenberg's regular cinematographer Peter Suschitzky in a hard, sharp, gleaming way, much of the talk is about abstractions, and significantly the opening and closing credits are presented against a background of abstract-expressionist paintings by (or in the style of) Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko.
The threshold is measured for signals presented against a specified uniform luminance background.
Empirical grinding data is also presented against a measure of uncut chip thickness.
In these groups, the narrative was written in 16-point black Arial font, and presented against a white background.
