The light sensitivity of the human visual system depends on the direction of view

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 235-237

  Thoss, F ^a   Bartsch, B ^a   Tellschaft, D ^a   Thoss, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compass orientation; Geomagnetic field; Light sensitivity; Radical pair mechanism; Threshold recording

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT; MAGNETISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VISION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036557655     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-002-0300-3     Document Type: Article

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