Vernier acuity and the magnocellular system revisited: Response to Skottun and Skoyles

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-168

  Kéri, Szabolcs ^a   Benedek, György ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Fragile X; Genetics; Magnocellular; Premutation; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; GRATING; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; LUMINANCE; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 75149144936     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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