Brightness discrimination in the dog

Journal of Vision

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 241-249

  Pretterer, Gabriele ^a   Bubna Littitz, Hermann ^a   Windischbauer, Gerhard ^a   Gabler, Cornelia ^a   Griebel, Ulrike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brightness discrimination; Canis familiaris; Dog

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CALCULATION; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHOTOPIC VISION; REINFORCEMENT; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD; ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOGS; LIGHT; MALE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 3843123498     PISSN: 15347362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/4.3.10     Document Type: Article

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