Form vision from melanopsin in humans

Annette E. Allen (), Franck P. Martial and Robert J. Lucas ()
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Annette E. Allen: University of Manchester
Franck P. Martial: University of Manchester
Robert J. Lucas: University of Manchester

Nature Communications, 2019, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract Detection and discrimination of spatial patterns is thought to originate with photoreception by rods and cones. Here, we investigated whether the inner-retinal photoreceptor melanopsin could represent a third origin for form vision. We developed a 4-primary visual display capable of presenting patterns differing in contrast for melanopsin vs cones, and generated spectrally distinct stimuli that were indistinguishable for cones (metamers) but presented contrast for melanopsin. Healthy observers could detect sinusoidal gratings formed by these metamers when presented in the peripheral retina at low spatial (≤0.8 cpd) and temporal (≤0.45 Hz) frequencies, and Michelson contrasts ≥14% for melanopsin. Metameric gratings became invisible at lower light levels (

Date: 2019
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