Forty-four years of studying light adaptation using the probed-sinewave paradigm

Journal of Vision

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1026-1046

  Wolfson, S Sabina ^a   Graham, Norma ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational models; Flicker; Light adaptation; Probed sinewave; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIGHT ADAPTATION; LUMINANCE; PREDICTION; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STEADY STATE; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD; WAVEFORM;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 33748860900     PISSN: 15347362     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/6.10.3     Document Type: Article

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