Color perception in the intermediate periphery of the visual field

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Hansen, Thorsten ^a   Pracejus, Lars ^a   Gegenfurtner, Karl R ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Color vision; Cone opponent mechanisms; Detection discrimination; Ganglion cells; Peripheral vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR; COLOR VISION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65449180414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.4.26     Document Type: Article

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