A chromatic-cancellation property of human pupillary responses

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1543-1550

  Kimura, Eiji ^a   Young, Rockefeller S L ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatic cancellation; Color opponency; L and M cones; Pupillary light reflex; Pupillometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; RETINA CONE;

EID: 0029949865     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(95)00229-4     Document Type: Article

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