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photopic vision - normal vision in daylight; vision with sufficient illumination that the cones are active and hue is perceived

visual modality, visual sense, vision, sight - the ability to see; the visual faculty

foveal vision - vision with the fovea

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Cone cells work best in bright, daylight conditions, enabling what's called our photopic vision. Rods, on the other hand, provide low-light, scotopic vision for nighttime.

Is red light really best? Astronomers have long used red light to protect their night vision, but there may be a better alternative

In photopic vision, our fovea is more sensitive to the red wavelength while the blue wavelength influences scotopic vision.

Pop-out: a new cognitive model of visual attention that uses light level analysis to better mimic the free-viewing task of static images

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