Spectral sensitivity as revealed by isolated step onsets and step offsets

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 58-63

  Schwartz, Steven H ^a  

^a SOUTHERN COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RETINA; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0030067122     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0275-5408(95)00011-9     Document Type: Article

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