Effects of mean luminance on goldfish temporal contrast sensitivity

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-59

  Bilotta, Joseph ^a   Lynd, Francesca M ^b   Powers, Maureen K ^c  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carassius auratus; Mean luminance; Temporal contrast sensitivity; Temporal tuning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; GOLDFISH; LUMINANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; GOLDFISH; LIGHTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031986426     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00162-4     Document Type: Article

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