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 Light Vision Color......Page 3 Contents......Page 9 Preface......Page 11 Acknowledgments......Page 13 Vision and experience......Page 15 Vision and natural science......Page 26 Form vision......Page 30 Visual illusions......Page 32 Light......Page 49 Geometrical optics......Page 53 Imaging in the eye......Page 75 The evolution of eyes......Page 99 The eye is not a camera......Page 100 The optic media......Page 110 The retina......Page 112 Signal generation......Page 124 Psychophysical sensitivity......Page 157 Vision in daylight and in the dark......Page 160 Linear and nonlinear response......Page 166 Spectral sensitivity......Page 169 Response......Page 172 Adaptation of cones......Page 174 Photometry......Page 179 Contrast vision......Page 195 Vision loss......Page 216 Color order systems......Page 223 The physics of color stimuli......Page 227 Color differences......Page 261 Color induction and adaptation......Page 275 Color between phenomenon and theory......Page 289 Thomas Young or George Palmer?......Page 291 Young–Helmholtz’s three-receptor theory......Page 292 Hering’s opponent colors theory......Page 293 The retinex theory......Page 295 Color in current neuroscience and neurophilosophy......Page 296 Defective and normal color vision......Page 301 Limitations of the three-receptor theory of color vision......Page 310 Opponency and an opponent ‘color code’......Page 312 Correlates of related and unrelated colors......Page 327 Antagonistic receptive fields of opponent cells......Page 328 Spectral sensitivity and response......Page 330 The opponent model and color perception......Page 336 Summary......Page 352 Low- and high-level neural correlates......Page 357 Neural representations......Page 358 Class A and class B observations......Page 361 B- and D-types of cells......Page 363 Psychophysics and the parallel pathways......Page 368 Cortical organization and vision......Page 397 Visual centers and areas......Page 398 Higher visual areas......Page 411 The binding problem......Page 415 The ‘split brain’......Page 418 Localization of brain activity: methods......Page 419 Visual pathways and clinical investigation......Page 423 Cortical visual impairment......Page 426 A physiologically based system for color measurement......Page 429 Diagram and Table......Page 430 Glossary......Page 433 References......Page 451 Index......Page 471 COLOUR PLATE SECTION......Page 477
Light Vision Color takes a balanced, interdisciplinary approach to our most important sensory system. The book successfully combines the fundamentals behind the visual sciences with recent developments from different areas such as neuroscience, biophysics, psychophysics and sensory psychology. With visual illusions put into context, the book begins by describing the optics of the eye and the physiology of the retina. Later chapters go on to explore photometry, contrast sensitivity and the relationship between light, color and colorimetry. The sensitivity and response of nerve cells is also introduced with discussions of perceptual experience and on the relevant brain processes.
This text will be an invaluable resource for those students taking degree courses in a broad range of subjects. These include ophthalmology, neurophysiology, optics, biophysics, medicine and cognitive science. The book will also provide a useful overview for professionals and researchers in the field.
- A broad interdisciplinary approach combining the fundamentals with the most recent developments in vision science.
- Includes and extensive list of technical terms and explanations to encourage student understanding.
- Draws together the science behind this diverse and evolving subject including the basic molecular biology and genetics of color vision.
Light Vision Color Takes A Balanced, Interdisciplinary Approach To Our Most Important Sensory System. The Book Successfully Combines The Fundamentals Behind The Visual Sciences With Recent Developments From Different Areas Such As Neuroscience, Biophysics, Psychophysics And Sensory Psychology. With Visual Illusions Put Into Context, The Book Begins By Describing The Optics Of The Eye And The Physiology Of The Retina. Later Chapters Go On To Explore Photometry, Contrast Sensitivity And The Relationship Between Light, Color And Colorimetry. The Sensitivity And Response Of Nerve Cells Is Also Introduced With Discussions Of Perceptual Experience And The Relevant Brain Processes. This Text Will Be An Invaluable Resource For Those Students Taking Degree Courses In A Broad Range Of Subjects. These Include Ophthalmology, Neurophysiology, Optics, Biophysics, Medicine And Cognitive Science. The Book Will Also Provide A Useful Overview For Professionals And Researchers In The Field.--jacket. 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. Arne Valberg. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [437]-456) And Index. This text combines basics in vision sciences with recent developments from different areas such as neuroscience, biophysics, sensory psychology and philosophy. This revised edition includes new chapters on clinical problems and eye diseases, low vision rehabilitation In his book An Anthropologist on Mars (1995), Oliver Sacks relates the story of Virgil, a 50-year-old man who had been blind from early childhood, but who regained his sight after an operation to remove cataracts from both eyes.
