On the use of red stimuli to isolate magnocellular responses in psychophysical experiments: A perspective

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-68

  Skottun, Bernt Christian ^a  

^a Skottun Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Colors; Magnocellular; Parvocellular; Red filters; Red light

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

CALCULATION; CELL ACTIVITY; COLOR; FILTER; GIANT CELL; GIANT NERVE CELL; LIGHT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETINA CONE; REVIEW; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISUAL SYSTEM;

COLOR; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 2442719384     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523804041069     Document Type: Review

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