Suppressive rod–cone interactions: Evidence for separate retinal (temporal) and extraretinal (spatial) mechanisms in achromatic vision

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2487-2498

  Lange, Gudrun ^a   Denny, Noreen ^a   Frumkes, Thomas E ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Binocular vision; Flicker; Rod cone interaction; Spatial vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCULAR VISION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA FOVEA; VISION; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTORECEPTORS; RETINA; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISION; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISION, MONOCULAR;

EID: 0031225978     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.002487     Document Type: Article

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