S-cone spatial contrast sensitivity can be independent of pre-receptoral factors

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 3549-3555

  Swanson, William H ^a,b  

^a RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Colour; Contrast sensitivity; Human; Modeling; S cone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RETINA CONE; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

EID: 0030298584     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(96)00047-8     Document Type: Article

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