title: Isolation of scotopic human electroretinograms using color adaptation and pattern reversal stimuli.
abstract: The human electroretinogram was recorded in response to alternations of a 500 nm checkerboard stimulus pattern presented against adaptation backgrounds of different wavelengths. A modification of Stiles' color adaptation paradigm was adapted to electroretinography. The results provided electrophysiological t.v.i. curves (threshold versus intensity curves) and permitted a determination of spectral sensitivity. The t.v.i. curves matched those seen in psychophysics. The spectral curve showed a close agreement with the scotopic CIE function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Armington
mesh_terms: D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D015350:Contrast Sensitivity / Q000502:physiology; D003623:Dark Adaptation / Q000502:physiology*; D004596:Electroretinography; D005556:Form Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D012684:Sensory Thresholds / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology