The impulse response of S-cone pathways in detection of increments and decrements

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 341-347

  Shinomori, Keizo ^a   Werner, John S ^b  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Impulse response; Koniocellular pathway; ON and OFF pathways; S cones; Temporal vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COLOR VISION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR PERCEPTION TESTS; CONES (RETINA); CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 46749099819     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523808080218     Document Type: Conference Paper

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