We explored the neural basis for spatial color contrast (red looks redder surrounded by green) and temporal color contrast (red looks redder if preceded by green) in primary visual cortex (V1) of the alert macaque. Using pairs of stimuli, we found a subset of neurons that gave stronger responses to sequences of red and green spots and stronger responses to adjacent red and green spots. These ce...

The mother or daughter of a male with an X-chromosome-linked red/green color defect is an obligate carrier of the color deficient gene array. According to the Lyonization hypothesis, a female carrier's defective gene is expressed and thus carriers may have more than two types of pigments in the L/M photopigment range. An open question is how a carrier's third cone pigment in the L/M range affec...

BACKGROUND Color blindness is a common X-linked genetic disorder. However, most of color blinds remain undetected due to absence of proper screening. Our study was to determine the prevalence of red-green color vision defects among Manipuri Muslim males and females. The study could help in decreasing birth of children with this disorder as Muslims commonly perform consanguineous marriage among ...

Protanomaly is a common abnormality of color vision in which the long wavelength sensitive cone is lacking. Protanomalous observers are trichromatic with reduced ability to discriminate colors in the red-green part of the spectrum because the photopigments that mediate discrimination in this range are abnormally similar differing in one of two ways; first, by only a few nanometers in peak sensi...

INTRODUCTION .......................................... 403 COLOR VISION .......................................... 405 RED AND GREEN PIGMENTS ................................. 406 Psychophysics of Red~Green Color Blindness ....................... 406 Molecular Genetics of RedIGreen Color Blindness .................... 407 Variation in Normal Color Vision .............................. 409 Blue...

Am. J. Enol. Vitic. 56:3 (2005) 197 Phenolic compounds are important to red wine quality because they impact color, mouthfeel, and ageability. Although phenolics are present in grape juice, the amount is greatly increased in wine because of their greater solubility in ethanol than in purely aqueous solutions. Typical levels of the major grape phenolics present in red wine are shown in Table 1. ...

PURPOSE To develop and assess new color vision tests to be used in evaluating faulty color recognition. METHODS We developed new color vision tests to evaluate faulty color recognition. The two types of color vision tests, designed to assess faulty color recognition in color vision deficiencies, are based on principles that are different from those of the conventional color vision tests. In t...

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. RES...

OBJECTIVE The aim was to evaluate the color and surface roughness of nanoparticle (C1) and nanohybrid (C2) composites after immersion in distilled water, acai juice, grape juice and red wine and repolishing. MATERIALS AND METHODS After recording the initial surface roughness and color, the specimens were divided into four groups according to the storage solution. The specimens were reassessed...

In contrast to the short-duration and quick reversibility of attention, a long-term sensitization to color based on protracted attention in a visual search task was reported by Tseng, Gobell, and Sperling (2004). When subjects were trained for a few hours to search for a red object among colored distracters, sensitivity to red was increased for weeks. This sensitization was quantified using amb...