Pupil response to color signals in cone-contrast space

Current Eye Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 401-408

  Tsujimura, Sei Ichi ^a   Wolffsohn, James S ^b   Gilmartin, Bernard ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromatic mechanism; Cone contrast space; Luminance mechanism; Pupil response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; LUMINANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SIGNAL DETECTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL;

COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; LIGHT; PUPIL;

EID: 33745576859     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680600681327     Document Type: Article

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