Postreceptoral chromatic detection mechanisms revealed by noise masking in three-dimensional cone contrast space

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

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2633-2646

  Sankeralli, Marcel J ^a   Mullen, Kathy T ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA CONE;

ARTIFACTS; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTORECEPTORS;

EID: 0031253707     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.002633     Document Type: Article

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