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SUBMITTER: Hillis JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2773246 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hillis James M JM Brainard David H DH
Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, image science, and vision 20070801 8
Are effects of background contrast on color appearance and sensitivity controlled by the same mechanism of adaptation? We examined the effects of background color contrast on color appearance and on color-difference sensitivity under well-matched conditions. We linked the data using Fechner's hypothesis that the rate of apparent stimulus change is proportional to sensitivity and examined a family of parametric models of adaptation. Our results show that both appearance and discrimination are con ...[more]