Rod and cone contrast gains derived from reaction time distribution modeling

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-15

  Cao, Dingcai ^a   Pokorny, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast gain; Diffusion model; Reaction time; Temporal impulse response function

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DARK ADAPTATION; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DARK ADAPTATION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRIMATES; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 77955492412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.2.11     Document Type: Article

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