Is color vision deficiency an advantage under scotopic conditions?

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 3357-3364

  Simunovic, Matthew P ^a,b   Regan, Benedict C ^a   Mollon, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOR VISION DEFECT; DARK ADAPTATION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; DARK ADAPTATION; HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VISION; VISION TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0035656191     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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