| Description |
xv, 343 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Werner G. K. Backhaus, Reinhold Kliegl and John S. Werner -- I. Color Vision in Art and Science -- 1. Aging through the Eyes of Monet / John S. Werner -- II. Physiology and Neuroethology -- 2. Physiological and Psychophysical Simulations of Color Vision in Humans and Animals / Werner G. K. Backhaus -- 3. Receptors, Channels and Color in Primate Retina / Barry B. Lee -- 4. Chromatic Processing in the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus of the Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) / Jan Kremers, Eberhart Zrenner and Stefan Weiss -- 5. Molecular Genetics and the Biological Basis of Color Vision / Maureen Neitz and Jay Neitz -- 6. Source Analysis of Color-Evoked Potentials in a Realistic Head Model Confirmed by Functional MRI / Walter Paulus, Renate Kolle and Jurgen Baudewig -- 7. Wavelength Information Processing versus Color Perception: Evidence from Blindsight and Color-Blind Sight / Petra Stoerig -- 8. Color Vision in Lower Vertebrates / Christa Neumeyer -- 9. Color Vision: Ecology and Evolution in Making the Best of the Photic Environment / Peter G. Kevan and Werner G. K. Backhaus -- III. Psychology and Philosophy -- 10. The Perception of Blackness: An Historical and Contemporary Review / Vicki J. Volbrecht and Reinhold Kliegl -- 11. Basic Color Terms and Basic Color Categories / Clyde L. Hardin -- 12. Color Perception: From Grassman Cades to a Dual Code for Object and Illumination Colors / Rainer Mausfeld -- 13. Color Contrast Gain Control / Michael D'Zmura -- 14. Binocular Brightness Combination: A Mechanism for Combining Two Sources of Rather Similar Information / Hans Irtel -- 15. Inferences about Infant Color Vision / Kenneth Knoblauch, Michelle L. Bieber and John S. Werner -- IV. Color Metrics and Application -- 16. Dichromacy The Simplest Type of Color Vision / Horst Scheibner -- 17. Current CIE Work to Achieve Physiologically-Correct Color Metrics / Janos Schanda -- 18. Use of Computer Graphics in PostScript for Color Didactics / Klaus Richter |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Color vision.
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Color Perception.
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| Author |
Backhaus, Werner.
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Kliegl, Reinhold, 1953-
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Werner, John Simon.
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| LC no. |
97046863 |
| ISBN |
3110154315 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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3110161001 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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