- Abstract:
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PURPOSE: To examine experimentally whether color vision deficiency confers a selective advantage under scotopic conditions. METHODS: Red-green color-deficient subjects, monochromats, and age-matched color-normal control subjects were examined. In each subject the time course of dark adaptation, scotopic visual field sensitivity, and performance on a scotopic perceptual task were measured. RESULTS: No significant differences were found between red-green color-deficient subjects and control sub...
Expand abstract - Journal:
- Investigative ophthalmology and visual science
- Volume:
- 42
- Issue:
- 13
- Pages:
- 3357-3364
- Publication date:
- 2001-12-05
- EISSN:
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1552-5783
- ISSN:
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0146-0404
- URN:
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uuid:e5f28f6d-eaaa-43df-a582-9715ac5dc2a2
- Source identifiers:
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500139
- Local pid:
- pubs:500139
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Copyright date:
- 2001
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Is color vision deficiency an advantage under scotopic conditions?
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