Macular pigment and color discrimination

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 549-554

  Moreland, J D ^a   Westland, S ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Color space; Macular pigment variance; Normal and anomalous observers; Von Kries correction

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; COLOR; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COLORIMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MODEL; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTRUM; VISUAL ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLOR VISION; COLOR VISION TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA CONE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; STATISTICS;

COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR PERCEPTION TESTS; CONES (RETINA); DATABASES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPTICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL PIGMENTS;

EID: 33750117565     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523806233522     Document Type: Conference Paper

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