Color and luminance detection and discrimination asymmetries and interactions

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1085-1095

  Vingrys, Algis J ^c   Mahon, Luke E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Color vision; Detection; Suprathreshold discrimination; Threshold vs contrast

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; FACILITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 18244424572     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00250-2     Document Type: Article

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