The absolute threshold of cone vision

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-24

  Koenig, Darren ^a   Hofer, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute threshold; Cones; Detection models; Psychophysics; Sensitivity; Signal detection theory; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DARK ADAPTATION; HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA CONE; UNCERTAINTY; VISION;

DARK ADAPTATION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNCERTAINTY; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 79251541174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.1.1     Document Type: Article

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