Achromatic parvocellular contrast gain in normal and color defective observers: Implications for the evolution of color vision

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 611-616

  Lutze, Margaret ^a   Pokorny, Joel ^a   Smith, Vivianne C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Achromatic parvocellular contrast gain; Color vision defects; Color vision evolution

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR VISION DEFECT; COLOR VISION TEST; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM; VISUAL THRESHOLD; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EVOLUTION; MACACA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME; VISION;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR PERCEPTION TESTS; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MACACA; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME FACTORS; VISION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33750132933     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523806233078     Document Type: Conference Paper

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