Brightness discrimination in the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)

Vision Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 96-103

  Scholtyssek, Christine ^a   Kelber, Almut ^b   Dehnhardt, Guido ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Animal psychophysics; Brightness discrimination; Contrast; Harbor seal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOCA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FORM PERCEPTION; LIGHTING; MALE; PHOCA; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 38549134388     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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