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PHOTORECEPTOR SYSTEM [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
CONT

This remarkable ability of the eye to discover lightness values independent of flux, so convincingly demonstrated when only a single photoreceptor system is operating, is the rock on which a satisfactory description of color vision can be built.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
CONT

C'est cette remarquable capacité de l'œil à déterminer la clarté indépendamment du flux (si clairement démontrée lorsqu'un seul système photorécepteur opère), qui va nous permettre de bâtir une théorie satisfaisante de la vision des couleurs.

Spanish

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