Influence of luminance flicker and purity on heterochromatic brightness matching and hue discrimination: A postreceptoral opponent process

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 721-728

  Kurtenbach, A ^a   Ruttiger L ^a   Kaiser, P K ^b   Zrenner, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heterochromatic brightness matching; Hue discrimination; Luminance flicker; Purity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; COLOR VISION; EXCITATION; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; VELOCITY; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0343051990     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(96)00203-9     Document Type: Article

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