Light vision color / Arne Valberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Valberg, Arne.

Standardized Title:

Lys, syn, farge. English

Language:

English

Norwegian

Subjects (All):

Color vision.

Physical Description:

viii, 462 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2005]

Summary:

"Light 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. Takes a broad interdisciplinary approach combining basics in vision sciences with the most recent developments in the area Includes an extensive list of technical terms and explanations to encourage student understanding Successfully brings together the most important areas of the subject in to one volume

Contents:

1 Introduction

2 Optics

3 Physiology of the eye

4 Sensitivity and response

5 Color

6 Color vision

7 Neural correlates

8 Brain processes

App. A physiological based system for color measurement diagram and table

Glossary

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [437]-456) and index.

ISBN:

0470849029

0470849037

OCLC:

56591124