The achromatic mechanism and mechanisms tuned to chromaticity and luminance in visual search

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 369-379

  Nagy, Allen L ^a   Winterbottom, Marc ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ATTENTION; COLOR; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; LIGHT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISION;

COLORIMETERS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER MONITORS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CHROMATICITY;

LIGHT ABSORPTION;

EID: 0034146813     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.000369     Document Type: Article

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