Blue-sensitive cones do not contribute to luminance
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America
- Vol. 70 (1), 121-123
- https://doi.org/10.1364/josa.70.000121
Abstract
By using violet backgrounds we selectively altered blue-cone sensitivity but found no change in flicker photometric sensitivity. This indicates that blue cones do not contribute to luminance as defined by flicker photometry.Keywords
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