Changes in reaction time and search time with background luminance in the mesopic range

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 288-299

  Walkey, H C ^a,b   Harlow, J A ^a   Barbur, J L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b c/o John Barbur ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colour; Mesopic vision; Reaction time; Search time; Spectral sensitivity; Visual performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; COLOR; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; LATENT PERIOD; LUMINANCE; MALE; MESOPIC VISION; NIGHT VISION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOPIC VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RODS (RETINA); VISION;

EID: 33646680061     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2006.00412.x     Document Type: Article

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