Effects of ambient illumination, luminance contrast, and stimulus type on subjective preference of vdt target and background color combinations

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 336-352

  Shieh, Kong King ^a   Lai, Yen Rung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER TERMINAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIGHT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; VISION;

ADULT; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; COMPUTER TERMINALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DATA DISPLAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 57449109820     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.107.2.336-352     Document Type: Article

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