"Color Perception" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Mental processing of chromatic signals (COLOR VISION) from the eye by the VISUAL CORTEX where they are converted into symbolic representations. Color perception involves numerous neurons, and is influenced not only by the distribution of wavelengths from the viewed object, but also by its background color and brightness contrast at its boundary.
| Descriptor ID |
D003118
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F02.463.593.932.217
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| Concept/Terms |
Color Perception- Color Perception
- Color Perceptions
- Perception, Color
- Perceptions, Color
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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