Human wavelength discrimination of monochromatic light explained by optimal wavelength decoding of light of unknown intensity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Zhaoping, Li ^a   Geisler, Wilson S ^b   May, Keith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT INTENSITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; RETINA CONE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD; HUMAN; LIGHT; MATHEMATICS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA;

COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LIGHT; MATHEMATICS; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 79956369018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019248     Document Type: Article

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