Infant temporal contrast sensitivity functions (tCSFs) mature earlier for luminance than for chromatic stimuli: Evidence for precocious magnocellular development?

Vision Research

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 3223-3239

  Dobkins, Karen R ^a   Anderson, Christina M ^a   Lia, Barry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatic; Luminance; Magnocellular; Parvocellular; Temporal contrast sensitivity functions; Visual development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; COLOR; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LUMINANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0033020792     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00020-6     Document Type: Article

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