The contribution of color to visual memory in X-chromosome-linked dichromats

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1041-1045

  Gegenfurtner, Karl R ^a   Wichmann, Felix A ^a,b   Sharpe, Lindsay T ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Color deficiency; Color mechanisms; Visual memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; VISUAL MEMORY; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032054541     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00200-9     Document Type: Article

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