Higher order color mechanisms: A critical review

Vision Research

Volumn 49, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 2686-2704

  Eskew Jr , Rhea T ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardinal mechanism; Color; Higher order mechanism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COLOR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HABITUATION; HUMAN; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; RETINA IMAGE; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MASKING; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 70350344095     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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