Characterising mesopic spectral sensitivity from reaction times

Vision Research

Volumn 46, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 4232-4243

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

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromatic pathways; Mesopic vision; Reaction time; Spectral sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33750000935     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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