Rod-cone interaction in the after-flash effect.
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The brightness of a flash of light is reduced if it is followed a short time later by a second flash presented to a different region of the retina. Interaction between the rod and cone systems is examined in this after-flash effect for after-flash delays of from 300 to 1000 msec. The data indicate that rod-cone interaction in the effect can occur, and that in the dark-adapted eye the after-flash effect due to rod stimulation can lag behind that due to cone stimulation by about 100 msec. Key Chords-rod-cone interaction; after-flash effect; metacontrast
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Vision research
دوره 16 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1976