A five‐channel LED display to investigate UV perception

Abstract

The ability to see ultraviolet (UV) light (<400 nm) may have importance for foraging, communication or navigation in many taxa including insects, crustaceans, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. Behavioural experiments reveal how vision mediates such behaviour; however, our knowledge of UV perception is constrained by the challenge of creating and calibrating stimuli that reflect or emit UV. Commonly used technologies for displaying visual stimuli—such as computer screens and printers—are designed for human vision and thus are unsuitable for testing UV perception.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Feb 15, 2021
Source ID
10.1111/2041-210x.13555

Entities

People

  • Amelia M. Phelan
  • Fabio Cortesi
  • Justin Marshall
  • Karen Cheney
  • Laurie Mitchell
  • Samuel B Powell

Organizations

  • Australian Research Council
  • Office of Naval Research Global
  • University of Queensland

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Marine Mammal Biology
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.