Advantage of dichromats over trichromats in discrimination of color-camouflaged stimuli in humans

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-12

  Saito, Atsuko ^a,d   Mikami, Akichika ^b   Hosokawa, Takayuki ^b   Hasegawa, Toshikazu ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COLOR VISION DEFECT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33646784381     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.102.1.3-12     Document Type: Article

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