Binocular rivalry with isoluminant stimuli visible only via short-wavelength-sensitive cones

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1561-1571

  O'Shea, Robert P ^a   Williams, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Binocular rivalry; Contrast; Equivalent luminance contrast; Isoluminance; S cones; Spatial spread

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0029887168     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(95)00227-8     Document Type: Article

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