Normal and defective colour vision / edited by J.D. Mollon, J. Pokorny, K. Knoblauch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mollon, J. D.

Pokorny, Joel.

Knoblauch, K. (Kenneth)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Color vision--Congresses.

Color vision.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 422 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Summary:

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 does the brain interpret colour images? How can our genes influence the way in which we perceive colours? Do men discriminate colours differently to women? Why do some people have problems perceiving colours? John Mollon, Joel Porkorny, and Ken Knoblauch are leading authorities on this topic. Together they have brought together a stellar list of contributors, encompassing all these fields. Superbly edited and presented, this book is unique in drawing together contributors from these several fields to provide a truly interdisciplinary review of the field. Aimed at researchers in the vision sciences (including psychology and neuroscience), this will be the definitive text on this topic for many years to come.

Contents:

Photoreceptors and their evolution

Electrons and X-rays reveal the structure of rhodopsin

Photopigment polymorphism in prosimians and the origins of primate trichromacy

Did primate trichromacy evolve for frugivory or folivory?

Lack of S-opsin expression in the brush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus africanus) and other mammals

Arrangement of L and M cones in human and a primate retina

Comparison of human and monkey pigment gene promoters to evaluate DNA sequences proposed to govern L:M cone ratio

Retinal processes

Structure of receptive field centers of midget retinal ganglion cells

Neural circuit providing input to midget ganglion cells

Coding of position of achromatic and chromatic edges by retinal ganglion cells

Spatial and temporal aspects of colour perception

Psychophysical correlates of parvo- and magnocellular function

Spatial contrast sensitivity for pulsed- and steady-pedestal stimuli

Chromatic assimilation: evidence for a neural mechanism

Reaction times to stimuli in isoluminant colour space

Integration times reveal mechanisms responding to isoluminant chromatic gratings

Temporal frequency and contrast adaptation

Contribution of achromatic and chromatic contrast signals to Fechner-Benham subjective colours

Sensitivity to movement of configurations of achromatic and chromatic points in amblyopic patients

Convergence as a function of chromatic contrast: a possible contributor to depth perception?

Rods and colour constancy

Influence of rods on color naming during dark adaptation

Stimulus duration affects rod influence on hue perception.

Natural scenes and colour constancy

Verriest Lecture: Colour discrimination, colour constancy and natural scene statistics

Tritanopic colour constancy under daylight changes?

Red-green colour deficiency and colour constancy under orthogonal-daylight changes

Calculating appearances in complex and simple images

Effect of global contrast distribution on colour appearance

Colour spaces and their variation

Schopenhauer's "parts of daylight" in the light of modern colorimetry

Representing an observer's matches in an alien colour space

Macular pigment: nature's notch filter

How to find a tritan line

Some properties of the physiological colour system

Inherited colour deficiency: molecular genetics

Genotypic variation in multi-gene dichromats

Hybrid pigment genes, dichromacy, and anomalous trichromacy

Middle wavelength sensitive photopigment gene expression is absent in deuteranomalous colour vision

Inherited colour deficiency: psychophysics and tests

Preliminary norms for the Cambridge colour test

Evaluation of "Colour vision testing made easy"

Survey of the colour vision demands in fire-fighting

Lantern colour vision tests: one light or two?

Extreme anomalous trichomatism

Colour naming, colour categories, and central colour-coding in a case of X-linked incomplete achromatopsia

Acquired deficiencies of colour vision

Effects of retinal detachment on S and M cone function in an animal model

Colour vision in central serous chorioretinopathy

Early vision loss in diabetic patients assessed by the Cambridge Colour Test

Colour-vision disturbances in patients with arterial hypertension

Visual dysfunction following mercury exposure by breathing mercury vapour or by eating mercury-contaminated food.

Notes:

Symposium proceedings held by the International Colour Vision Society.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198525303

OCLC:

50876616