Euro: A new color vision test in the pockets of three hundred million Europeans
Author(s) -
Pedro J. Pardo,
Ángel Luis Pérez Rodríguez,
María Isabel Suero López
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.10.000527
Subject(s) - optometry , test (biology) , currency , common currency , color vision , chromatic scale , optics , european union , artificial intelligence , computer science , economics , international trade , medicine , physics , geology , paleontology , monetary economics
As of 1 January 2002, twelve European Union countries have a new common currency - the euro. Amongst the many advantages that the use of this single currency may bring, there is one that is serendipitous from the viewpoint of studying anomalies in color vision: the eurocent coins serve as a ready-made test to detect anomalous chromatic vision.
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