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Eberhard-Karls-Universität
Tübingen
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Columbia
University New York, Department of Psychology
Mentor: Donald C. Hood, PhD
There is a great variation of the relative numbers of L-(red) and M-(green) cones in the human retina among individuals. In our project we used the multifocal visual evoked potential technique to examine if the variability in the L- and M-cone ratios reflects the physiological weight of the L and M input to the midget (red-green opponency) and parasol (luminance) pathways.
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