Article ; Online: Melanopsin enhances image persistence.
2023 Volume 33, Issue 23, Page(s) 5048–5056.e4
Abstract: Contributions of the inner retinal photopigment melanopsin to human visual perception are incompletely understood. Here, we use a four-primary display to produce stimuli differing in melanopsin versus cone contrast in psychophysical paradigms in eight ... ...
| Abstract | Contributions of the inner retinal photopigment melanopsin to human visual perception are incompletely understood. Here, we use a four-primary display to produce stimuli differing in melanopsin versus cone contrast in psychophysical paradigms in eight subjects with normal color vision. We address two predictions from electrophysiological recordings of the melanopsin system in non-human mammals: melanopsin influences color and/or supports image persistence under visual fixation. We first construct chromatic contrast sensitivity contours for stimuli differing in melanopsin excitation presented as a central annulus (10°) or peripheral (22.5°) spot. We find that although including melanopsin contrast produces modest changes in the average chromatic coordinates in both eccentricities, this occurs equally at low (0.5 Hz) and higher (3.75 Hz) temporal frequencies, arguing that it reflects divergence in cone spectral sensitivity in our participants from that captured in standardized cone fundamentals rather than a melanopsin contribution to color. We continue to ask whether the established ability of melanopsin to sustain firing of visual neurons under extended light exposure has a visual correlate, using the optical illusion of Troxler fading in which blurred spots in periphery disappear during visual fixation. We find that introducing additional melanopsin contrast (+28% Michelson contrast) to either bright or dark spots increases fading latency by 35% ± 8.8% and 41% ± 13.6%, respectively. Our data argue that the primary contribution of melanopsin to perception under these conditions is not to provide a color percept but rather to enhance persistence of low spatial frequency patterns during visual fixation. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Animals ; Humans ; Photic Stimulation ; Retina/physiology ; Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells/physiology ; Vision, Ocular ; Rod Opsins/physiology ; Mammals |
| Chemical Substances | melanopsin ; Rod Opsins |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2023-11-14 |
| Publishing country | England |
| Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| ZDB-ID | 1071731-6 |
| ISSN | 1879-0445 ; 0960-9822 |
| ISSN (online) | 1879-0445 |
| ISSN | 0960-9822 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.cub.2023.10.039 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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