Normal and dichromatic color discrimination measured with transient visual evoked potential

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 617-627

  Gomes, Bruno D ^a   Souza, Givago S ^a   Rodrigues, Anderson R ^a   Saito, Cézar A ^a   Silveira, Luiz Carlos L ^a   Da Silva Filho, Manoel ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chromatic difference thresholds; Chromatic mechanisms; MacAdam ellipses; Mollon Reffin method; Visual evoked potential

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COLOR VISION; COLORIMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33750104763     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523806233194     Document Type: Conference Paper

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