Parafoveal color discrimination: A chromaticity locus of enhanced discrimination

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Danilova, Marina V ^a,b   Mollon, J D ^b  

^a PAVLOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Color discrimination; Linguistic color category; Parafovea; Red green channel; Unique hue

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA FOVEA;

COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 77951210974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.1.4     Document Type: Article

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