Scotopic vision in colour-blinds

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 3387-3390

  Verhulst, S ^a   Maes, F W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colorblindness; Frequency dependence; Luminance thresholds; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR BLINDNESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MALE; NIGHT VISION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COLOR VISION DEFECTS; DARK ADAPTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031719592     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00339-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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