Chromatic detection and discrimination in the periphery: A postreceptoral loss of color sensitivity

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 511-521

  Newton, Jessica R ^a,b   Eskew Jr , Rhea T ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatic detection; Chromatic discrimination; Color mechanisms; Periphery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COLOR VISION DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOISE REDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL VISION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL MASKING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLOR; COLOR VISION TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RANDOMIZATION; RETINA ROD;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR PERCEPTION TESTS; CONES (RETINA); CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RODS (RETINA); SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 1642296675     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523803205058     Document Type: Article

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