Spatial and temporal chromatic contrast: Effects on chromatic discrimination for stimuli varying in L- and M-cone excitation

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 495-501

  Zele, Andrew J ^a   Smith, Vivianne C ^a   Pokorny, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatic contrast discrimination; Parvocellular; Spatial contrast; Temporal contrast

Indexed keywords

COLORIMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION;

COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 33750122337     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523806232012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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