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An example of sex‐linked color vision differences
Author(s) -
Pardo Pedro J.,
Pérez A. L.,
Suero M. I.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
color research and application
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1520-6378
pISSN - 0361-2317
DOI - 10.1002/col.20354
Subject(s) - photopigment , sexual dimorphism , color vision , perception , psychology , communication , biology , retina , artificial intelligence , computer science , neuroscience , zoology
It is well known that men and women may experience, perceptually and cognitively, the appearance of color differently. One of the possible physiological factors underlying these differences is a sexual dimorphism in the gene that encodes the photopigment of the long‐wavelength‐sensitive cones in the retina, manifest in a different frequency of expression in men and women. The present work describes a psychophysical experiment that revealed significant differences in color perception between men and women, and that consequently advises the separate treatment of the two populations. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Col Res Appl, 32, 433–439, 2007
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