Setting the absolute threshold of vision

The performance of sensory systems in many cases is limited by the physical nature of the stimulus. For vision, the quantal nature of light limits detection by dark-adapted observers; only now are we beginning to be aware of the subtleties in the biophysical mechanisms underlying this exquisite sens...

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Autores principales: Sampath, Alapakkam P, Fain, Gordon L
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Biology Reports Ltd 2009
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2873777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20495680
http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/B1-66
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spelling pubmed-28737772010-08-26 Setting the absolute threshold of vision Sampath, Alapakkam P Fain, Gordon L F1000 Biol Rep Review Article The performance of sensory systems in many cases is limited by the physical nature of the stimulus. For vision, the quantal nature of light limits detection by dark-adapted observers; only now are we beginning to be aware of the subtleties in the biophysical mechanisms underlying this exquisite sensitivity. Biology Reports Ltd 2009-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC2873777/ /pubmed/20495680 http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/B1-66 Text en © 2009 Biology Reports Ltd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. You may not use this work for commercial purposes
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