Darks are processed faster than lights

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 8654-8658

  Komban, Stanley Jose ^a   Alonso, Jose Manuel ^a   Zaidi, Qasim ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CONTRAST; DARKNESS; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUSION; LIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79958258295     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0504-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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