Thresholds for detecting slowly changing ganzfeld luminances

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

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1382-1387

  Knau, Holger ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OSCILLATIONS; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

LUMINANCE;

LUMINESCENCE;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034241765     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.001382     Document Type: Article

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