Light Vision ColorLight Vision Color takes a well-balanced, interdisciplinary approach to our most important sensory system. The book successfully combines basics in vision sciences with recent developments from different areas such as neuroscience, biophysics, sensory psychology and philosophy. Originally published in 1998 this edition has been extensively revised and updated to include new chapters on clinical problems and eye diseases, low vision rehabilitation and the basic molecular biology and genetics of colour vision.
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Contents
Vision and natural science 12 268 | 12 |
Optics | 35 |
Imaging in the eye | 61 |
Physiology of the eye | 85 |
The retina | 98 |
Sensitivity and response | 143 |
Response | 158 |
Contrast vision | 181 |
Thomas Young or George Palmer? | 277 |
Limitations of the threereceptor theory of color vision | 296 |
Correlates of related and unrelated colors | 313 |
Summary | 338 |
Psychophysics and the parallel pathways 254 | 354 |
Brain processes | 383 |
Higher visual areas | 397 |
Cortical visual impairment | 412 |
Vision loss | 202 |
Color differences | 247 |
Color induction and adaptation | 261 |
Color vision | 275 |
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Abney effect activity acuity adaptation bipolar cells blue brain brightness cd/m² cell types cells respond changes chromatic strength chrominance color constancy color differences color mixture color space color vision cone excitations cone types constant contour contrast sensitivity correlates corresponding curve cycles/deg D-cells dark Decrement cells diagram diopters distance example excitatory experience filter firing rate fovea function ganglion cells horizontal cells I-cells illumination Increment inhibition inputs instance intensity isoluminant lens light source luminance contrast luminance ratio luminous efficiency M-cones Mach bands magnitude MC cells modulation nerve neural neurons normal object opponent cells optical pathways perception photometric photopic photopic vision photoreceptors physical physiological pigment potential processes psychophysical receptive field receptors red-green reflection refraction relative response result retina rods sensory signals spatial frequency spectral distribution spectral sensitivity spectrum stimulus surface surround temporal threshold tristimulus values Valberg vector visual cortex wavelength yellow