Two segmentation mechanisms with differential sensitivity for colour and luminance contrast

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 101-109

  Leonards, Ute ^a   Singer, Wolf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colour; Interactions; Luminance; Magnocellular pathway; Parvocellular pathway; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LIGHTING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0031986511     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00148-X     Document Type: Article

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