Influence of chromaticity on vernier and stereo acuity

Journal of Vision

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 645-652

  Krauskopf, John ^a   Forte, Jason D ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binocular vision; Color vision; Stereopsis; Vernier acuity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; COLORIMETRY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; LUMINANCE; MEASUREMENT; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD; COLOR VISION; PHYSIOLOGY;

COLOR PERCEPTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMANS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0038175232     PISSN: 15347362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/2.9.6     Document Type: Article

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