The human visual threshold depends on direction and strength of a weak magnetic field

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

Volumn 189, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 777-779

  Thoss, F ^a   Bartsch, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compass orientation; Geomagnetic field; Radical pair mechanism; Threshold estimation; Visual sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; VISION;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; ORIENTATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0242507598     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-003-0450-y     Document Type: Article

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