Article
Richer color experience in observers with multiple photopigment opsin genes.
Psychonomic bulletin & review - 1 Jun 2001
Jameson K A, Highnote S M, Wasserman L M
Abstract excerpt
Traditional color vision theory posits that three types of retinal photopigments transduce light into a trivariate neural color code, thereby explaining color-matching behaviors. This principle of trichromacy is in need of reexamination in view of molecular genetics results suggesting that a substantial percentage of women possess more than three classes of retinal photopigments. At issue is the question of...
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