Temporal integration of the pi 1/pi 3 pathway in normal and dichromatic vision.

abstract：:Quantitative light microscopic techniques have been applied to photoreceptors, ganglion cells and dopaminergic amacrine cells in the retina of the North American opossum Didelphis virginiana. This marsupial has a retina with a central areal specialization where ganglion cells reach a maximum density of 2900/mm2 and co...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： Kolb H,Wang HH

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interocular transfer of the motion aftereffect (MAE) has been extensively investigated for the purpose of analysing the binocularity of the underlying motion mechanism. Previous studies unanimously reported that the transfer of the classical static MAE is partial, but there is a controversy as to whether the transfer ...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： Nishida S,Ashida H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Techniques that involve the use of comb-filtered spectra to study human colour vision have been developed in previous work (Bonnardel, V., Bellemare, H., Mollon, J.D., 1996. Measurements of human sensitivity to comb-filtered spectra, Vision Research 36, 2713-2720; Bonnardel, V., Ruderman D.L., Barlow, H.B., 1997. A fa...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： Bonnardel V,Valero EM

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether a depth aftereffect is better explained in a surface-based organization of depth representation (Nakayama & Shimojo, 1992), where depth is represented in conjunction with surface features, rather than a coordinate-based organization, where depth is represented in conjunction with spatial positi...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： van der Kooij K,Domini F,te Pas SF

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the detectability of dichoptically presented vertical grating patterns that varied in the ratio of the contrasts presented to the two eyes. The resulting threshold data fall on a binocular summation contour well described by a power summation equation with an exponent near 2. We studied the effect of adding...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： Anderson PA,Movshon JA

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have measured corneal and total astigmatism on 161 eyes of 90 normal infants and young children aged 2 months to 5 years using the techniques of photorefraction and photokeratometry. Both the mean corneal and mean total astigmatism were found to decrease with increasing age. We found large and significant correlati...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： Howland HC,Sayles N

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual working memory is a system used to hold information actively in mind for a limited time. The number of items and the precision with which we can store information has limits that define its capacity. How much control do we have over the precision with which we store information when faced with these severe capa...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： Klyszejko Z,Rahmati M,Curtis CE

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Velocity matching using the method of Constant Stimuli shows that perceived velocity varies with contrast [Thompson, P. (1982). Perceived rate of movement depends upon contrast. Vision Research, 22, 377-380]. Random contrast jitter would therefore be expected to increase the slopes of psychometric functions, and thus ...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： Johnston A,Benton CP,Morgan MJ

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is possible to discriminate between grating contrasts over a 300-fold contrast range, whereas V1 neurons have very limited dynamic ranges. Using populations of model neurons with contrast-response parameters taken from electrophysiological studies (cat and macaque), we investigated ways of combining responses to co...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： Clatworthy PL,Chirimuuta M,Lauritzen JS,Tolhurst DJ

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured the pupillary light reflex (PLR) in 5 pigmented, Long Evans rats (under urethan sedation) in three conditions: direct stimulation, consensual stimulation, and a control condition designed to measure the effects of stray light. The average constriction (maximal amplitude) produced by a ganzfeld stimulus del...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： Trejo LJ,Rand MN,Cicerone CM

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Superposition Hypothesis states that the binocular vision of newborn infants blends together the monocular visual responses of the two eyes, even when the visual stimulus evokes binocular rivalry in adults. According to the Superposition Hypothesis, this blending is replaced by binocular rivalry after the emergenc...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： Brown AM,Miracle JA

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first study to demonstrate the selectivity of learning for contrast polarity. The finding is the main result of an investigation into the existence of central and peripheral vision mechanisms selective for contrast polarity within the texture-segregation process, using the perceptual learning paradigm in a...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： Grieco A,Casco C,Roncato S

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binocular disparity is a powerful cue for the perception of depth. The accuracy with which observers can judge depth from disparity can, however, be very poor. This has been attributed to difficulties associated with the scaling of disparity to take account of distance (Johnston, 1991). We test potential strategies th...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： O'Kane LM,Hibbard PB

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blowfly visual system is a well-suited model to investigate the functional consequences of adaptation. Similar to cortical motion-sensitive neurons, fly tangential cells are directional selective and adapt during prolonged stimulation. Here we demonstrate in a tangential cell large changes in directionality after ...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： Kalb J,Egelhaaf M,Kurtz R

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the effectiveness of central and peripheral targets in a saccadic countermanding task. Stop-signal reaction times (SSRTs) do not differ significantly for central and peripheral stop signals. Further, when central and peripheral stop signals are presented together, SSRTs behave as expected of independent pr...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： Asrress KN,Carpenter RH

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(-)[3H]Noradrenaline and [3H]clonidine bind in a saturable fashion to membrane preparations of bovine retinas. The dissociation constant for (-)[3H]noradrenaline is about 26 nM and for [3H]clonidine approximately 11.7 nM. The degree of (-)[3H]noradrenaline and [3H]clonidine binding associated with subcellular fraction...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： Osborne NN

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual adaptation is a critical and ubiquitous mechanism that occurs for any stimulus feature and involves a continuous adjustment of the neuronal contrast gain. These adjustments prevent our visual system from dropping in sensitivity for the prevailing ranges of stimulus features that are processed at a given time. I...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： Pavan A,Marotti RB,Campana G

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Westheimer -like function has been obtained for simple reaction time (RT) to target luminance increments superimposed upon homogeneous background fields. RT to a constant-luminance target progressively increases as the outer diameter of a constant-luminance background is increased up to approximately 6'-8'. Further ...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： Wilson A

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perception of motion in depth is one of the most important visual functions for living in the three-dimensional world. Two binocular cues have been investigated for motion in depth: inter-ocular velocity difference (IOVD) and changing disparity (CD). IOVD provides direction information directly by comparing velocity s...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： Wu W,Hatori Y,Tseng CH,Matsumiya K,Kuriki I,Shioiri S

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to assess the contribution of high spatial frequency channels (i.e. local, edge-dependent mechanisms) to the grating induction effect, grating induction magnitude was measured as a function of systematic amounts of blurring of the inducing/test field boundary for four test field heights which spanned a two oc...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： McCourt ME,Blakeslee B

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inheritance of Rayleigh match midpoints and photometric matches (551-667 nm) was studied in observers with normal color vision. An analysis was performed to evaluate whether the measured interobserver variations in these two traits were consistent with single gene allelic variation, polygenic variation, or environ...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： Lutze M,Cox NJ,Smith VC,Pokorny J

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gaze of another modulates and shifts an observer's spatial attention toward this gaze direction. This phenomenon is termed joint attention. Although previous studies found joint attention was induced during a spatial working memory task, it remains an open question whether spatial working memory interferes with jo...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： Yokoyama T,Kato R,Inoue K,Takeda Y

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increment thresholds were measured over a range of adapting illuminances using a modified automated static perimeter. The data were fitted to a threshold versus intensity model (logT - logT(0) + log((A + A(0))/A(0))n) and the values logT(0) and logA(0) estimated. The effect of eccentricity and age on logT(0) and logA(...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： Herse P

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motion aftereffects (MAE) to drifting gratings were measured with a cancellation technique. For a constant adapting grating, MAE cancellation velocity increased linearly with visual field eccentricity. The slope of the function was dependent upon adapting temporal frequency. MAE velocity was independent of spatial fre...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： Wright MJ,Johnston A

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The striate cortex of macaque monkeys contains an array of patches which stain heavily for the enzyme cytochrome oxidase (CO blobs). Cells inside and outside these blobs are often described as belonging to two distinct populations or streams. In order to better understand the function of the CO blobs, we measured the ...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： Edwards DP,Purpura KP,Kaplan E

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A model of darkness induction based on a neural filling-in mechanism is proposed. The model borrows principles from both Land's Retinex theory and BCS/FCS filling-in model of Grossberg and colleagues. The main novel assumption of the induction model is that darkness filling-in signals, which originate at luminance bor...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： Rudd ME,Arrington KF

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The perception of blackness was investigated by measuring spectral efficiency and field additivity under conditions of temporal induction. For both purposes, observers foveally viewed a 0.75 deg, inducing stimulus for 5 sec followed immediately (or 200 msec later) by a broadband (5500 K) reference stimulus of the same...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： Volbrecht VJ,Werner JS

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative Southern blotting and PCR/RFLP analysis were used to determine the number and ratio of long-wave-sensitive (L-) and mid-wave-sensitive (M-) opsin genes in 25 colour-normal caucasian males. The average observed ratio was 1:2.8 +/- 1.2 for Southern blot analysis and 1:3.0 +/- 1.7 for PCR/RFLP analysis. Thus...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： Wolf S,Sharpe LT,Knau H,Wissinger B

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Properties of presumed mechanisms controlling photoreceptor alignments are partially defined. A phototropic mechanism normally dominates alignment, but do modest changes in orientations occur with dark patching? Here, new photopic Stiles-Crawford (SCE-I) determinations were made before patching (pre-patch), just after...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： Kono M,Enoch JM,Strada E,Shih P,Srinivasan R,Lakshminarayanan V,Susilasate W,Graham A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Edges are key points of information in visual scenes. One important class of models supposes that edges correspond to the steepest parts of the luminance profile, implying that they can be found as peaks and troughs in the response of a gradient (1st derivative) filter, or as zero-crossings in the 2nd derivative (ZCs)...

journal_title：Vision research

authors： Wallis SA,Georgeson MA

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00