Normal and defective colour vision
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Normal and defective colour vision
Oxford University Press, 2003
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Normal & defective colour vision
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Symposium proceedings held by the International Colour Vision Society
Includes bibliographies and index
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The topic of colour vision is one that integrates research from psychology, neuroscience, biology, opthalmology, physics, and genetics. How do we make sense of colour in the world, and how has such an ability evolved in humans? How are colours discriminated by the retina, and how does the brain interpret chromatic information? How can our genes influence the way in which we perceive colours? Why do some people have problems perceiving colours, and what
occupational difficulties may they face? In what ways is colour vision altered by disease or toxins?
John Mollon, Joel Pokorny, and Ken Knoblauch are leading authorities on the perception of colour. Together they have brought together a distinguished list of contributors to provide an interdisciplinary review of the field. An historical introduction marks the bicentennial of Thomas Young's trichromatic theory and provides useful background for the newcomer to the topic of colour vision. Carefully edited and indexed, this book is aimed at students and researchers in the visual sciences, in
perceptual psychology, and in sensory neuroscience. It will be a definitive text on colour perception for some years to come.
Table of Contents
- SECTION I: PHOTORECEPTORS AND THEIR EVOLUTION
- SECTION II: RETINAL PROCESSES
- SECTION III: SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL ASPECTS OF COLOUR PERCEPTION
- SECTON IV: RODS AND COLOUR VISION
- SECTION V: NATURAL SCENES AND COLOUR CONSTANCY
- SECTION VI: COLOUR SPACES AND THEIR VARIATION
- SECTION VII: INHERITED COLOUR DEFICIENCY: MOLECULAR GENETICS
- SECTION VIII: INHERITED COLOUR DEFICIENCY: PSYCHOPHYSICS AND TESTS
- SECTION IX: ACQUIRED DEFICIENCIES OF COLOUR VISION
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