title: Early color deprivation and subsequent color vision in a dichromatic monkey.
abstract: A squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) was reared for the first 4 months of life in a dim, colorless environment. Following an additional 10 months of normal visual experience, tests of color vision and spectral sensitivity were run on this animal and a control subject. The results suggest that the adult expression of dichromatic color vision does not depend on color experience during the first 4 months of life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara 93106.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Di
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Neitz
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Jacobs
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D012453:Saimiri; D012683:Sensory Deprivation / Q000502:physiology*; D013053:Spectrophotometry