What covariance mechanisms underlie green/red equiluminance, luminance contrast sensitivity and chromatic (green/red) contrast sensitivity?

Vision Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 613-628

  Dobkins, Karen R ^a   Gunther, Karen L ^a   Peterzell, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatic; Factor analysis; Green red equiluminance; Individual differences; Luminance; Magnocellular and parvocellular pathways; Temporal and spatial contrast sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; COVARIANCE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIME PERCEPTION;

COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LIGHT; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0033966070     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00211-4     Document Type: Article

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