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. 1966 Mar;183(2):497-500.
doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1966.sp007879.

The flicker fusion frequency of the blue-sensitive mechanism of colour vision

G S Brindley, J J Du Croz, W A Rushton

The flicker fusion frequency of the blue-sensitive mechanism of colour vision

G S Brindley et al. J Physiol. 1966 Mar.

Abstract

1. The flicker fusion frequency for blue stimuli on zero background increases steadily with increasing luminance up to 50 c/s, but if a strong yellow background is added it increases steadily only to about 18 c/s, and then remains nearly independent of luminance over a range of a factor of 20.2. It is argued that the maximum flicker fusion frequency is about three times lower for the blue-sensitive mechanism of colour vision than for the red- or green-sensitive.

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