Selective stimulation of colour mechanisms: An empirical perspective

Spatial Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 379-402

  Kulikowski, J J ^a   Mckeefry, D J ^a,b   Robson, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER TERMINAL; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NERVE CELL; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA; VISUAL SYSTEM;

COLOR PERCEPTION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER TERMINALS; DATA DISPLAY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; NEURONS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

ABERRATIONS; BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; OPTIMIZATION;

COLOR STIMULI; MACULAR PIGMENTATION; SELECTIVE STIMULATION;

COLOR VISION;

EID: 0030612813     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856897X00302     Document Type: Article

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