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Visual Psychophysics

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  1. Mathew Alpern

    1. Department of Ophthalmology, Vision Research Laboratories, University Medical Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

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  2. Elfriede Aulhorn

    1. Universitäts-Augenklinik, Tübingen, Germany

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  3. Horace B. Barlow

    1. Department of Physiology-Anatomy, University of California, Berkeley, USA

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  4. E. Baumgardt

    1. Paris, France

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  5. H. Richard Blackwell

    1. Institute for Research in Vision, Ohio State University Research Center, Columbus, USA

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  6. Donald S. Blough

    1. Department of Psychology, Brown University, Providence, USA

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  7. Maarten A. Bouman

    1. Department of Medical and Physiological Physics, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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  8. Robert M. Boynton

    1. Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, USA

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  9. Brian H. Crawford

    1. Applied Optics Section, Department of Physics, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, Great Britain

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  10. Jay M. Enoch

    1. Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, USA

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  11. Adriana Fiorentini

    1. Laboratorio di Neurofisiologia del C.N.R., Pisa, Italy

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  12. Peter Grützner

    1. Universitäts-Augenklinik, Freiburg, Germany

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  13. Heinrich Harms

    1. Universitäts-Augenklinik, Tübingen, Germany

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  14. Eric G. Heinemann

    1. Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, USA

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  15. Leo M. Hurvich

    1. Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

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  16. Wolfgang Jaeger

    1. Universitäts-Augenklinik, Heidelberg, Germany

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  17. Dorothea Jameson

    1. Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

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  18. Donald H. Kelly

    1. Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, USA

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  19. David H. Krantz

    1. Department of Ophthalmology, Vision Research Laboratories, University Medical Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

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  20. Yves LeGrand

    1. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris 5e, France

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  21. Leonard Matin

    1. Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, USA

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  22. J. D. Moreland

    1. School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada

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  23. Jacob Nachmias

    1. Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

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  24. Lorrin A. Riggs

    1. Universitäts-Augenklinik, Heidelberg, Germany

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  25. K. H. Ruddock

    1. Applied Optics Section, Department of Physics, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, Great Britain

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  26. Pieter L. Walraven

    1. Institute for Perception TNO, Soesterberg, The Netherlands

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  27. Naomi Weisstein

    1. Department of Psychology, Loyola University, Chicago, USA

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  28. Gerald Westheimer

    1. Department of Physiology-Anatomy, University of California, Berkeley, USA

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  29. Billy R. Wooten

    1. Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

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  30. William D. Wright

    1. Applied Optics Section, Department of Physics, Imperial College, London, Great Britain

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  31. Dean Yager

    1. Department of Psychology, Brown University, Providence, USA

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  1. Dorothea Jameson

    1. Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

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Part of the book series: Handbook of Sensory Physiology (SENSORY, volume 7 / 4)

Part of the book sub series: Autrum,H.(Eds):Hdbk Sens.Physiology Vol 7 (1536)

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Dark and Light Adaptation: Psychophysics

    • Horace B. Barlow
    Pages 1-28

  3. Threshold Quantal Problems

    • E. Baumgardt
    Pages 29-55

  5. Luminance Difference Thresholds

    • H. Richard Blackwell
    Pages 78-101

  6. Visual Perimetry

    • E. Aulhorn, H. Harms
    Pages 102-145

  7. Simultaneous Brightness Induction

    • Eric G. Heinemann
    Pages 146-169

  9. Mach Band Phenomena

    • Adriana Fiorentini
    Pages 188-201

  11. Metacontrast

    • Naomi Weisstein
    Pages 233-272

  12. Flicker

    • D. H. Kelly
    Pages 273-302

  13. Eye Movements

    • Mathew Alpern
    Pages 303-330

  14. Eye Movements and Perceived Visual Direction

    • Leonard Matin
    Pages 331-380

  15. Theoretical Issues of Color Vision

    • Dorothea Jameson
    Pages 381-412

  16. Spectral Luminosity

    • Yves Le Grand
    Pages 413-433

  17. Colour Mixture

    • W. D. Wright
    Pages 434-454

  20. Color Discrimination Data

    • M. A. Bouman, P. L. Walraven
    Pages 484-516
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About this book

This volume on Visual Psychophysics documents the current status of research aimed toward understanding the intricacies of the visual mechanism and its laws of operation in intact human perceivers. As can be seen from the list of contributors, the problems of vision engage the interest and experimental ingenuity of investi­ gators from a variety of disciplines. Thus we find authors affiliated with depart­ ments of biology, medical and physiological physics, ophthalmology, physics, physiology and anatomy, psychology, laboratories of neurophysiology, medical clinics, schools of optometry, visual and othcr types of research institutes. A continuing interplay between psychophysical studies and physiological work is everywhere evident. As more information about the physiological basis of vision accumulates, and new studies and analyses of receptor photochemistry and the neurophysiology of retina and brain appear, psychophysical studies of the intact organism become more sharply focused, sometimes more complex, and often more specialized. Technological advances have increased the variety and precision of the stimulus controls, and advances in measurement techniques have reopened old problems and stimulated the investigation of new ones. In some cases, new concepts are being drawn in to help further our under­ standing of the laws by which the visual mechanism operates; in other cases, ideas enunciated long ago have been reevaluated, developed more fully, and reified in terms of converging evidence from both psychophysical experiments and unit recordings from visual cells.
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Authors, Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

    Dorothea Jameson, Leo M. Hurvich, Leo M. Hurvich, Dorothea Jameson, Jacob Nachmias

  • Department of Ophthalmology, Vision Research Laboratories, University Medical Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

    Mathew Alpern, David H. Krantz

  • Universitäts-Augenklinik, Tübingen, Germany

    Elfriede Aulhorn, Heinrich Harms

  • Department of Physiology-Anatomy, University of California, Berkeley, USA

    Horace B. Barlow, Gerald Westheimer

  • Paris, France

    E. Baumgardt

  • Institute for Research in Vision, Ohio State University Research Center, Columbus, USA

    H. Richard Blackwell

  • Department of Psychology, Brown University, Providence, USA

    Donald S. Blough, Dean Yager

  • Department of Medical and Physiological Physics, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Maarten A. Bouman

  • Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, USA

    Robert M. Boynton

  • Applied Optics Section, Department of Physics, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, Great Britain

    Brian H. Crawford, K. H. Ruddock

  • Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, USA

    Jay M. Enoch

  • Laboratorio di Neurofisiologia del C.N.R., Pisa, Italy

    Adriana Fiorentini

  • Universitäts-Augenklinik, Freiburg, Germany

    Peter Grützner

  • Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, USA

    Eric G. Heinemann

  • Universitäts-Augenklinik, Heidelberg, Germany

    Wolfgang Jaeger, Lorrin A. Riggs

  • Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, USA

    Donald H. Kelly

  • Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris 5e, France

    Yves LeGrand

  • Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, USA

    Leonard Matin

  • School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada

    J. D. Moreland

  • Institute for Perception TNO, Soesterberg, The Netherlands

    Pieter L. Walraven

  • Department of Psychology, Loyola University, Chicago, USA

    Naomi Weisstein

  • Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

    Billy R. Wooten

  • Applied Optics Section, Department of Physics, Imperial College, London, Great Britain

    William D. Wright

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Visual Psychophysics

  • Authors: Mathew Alpern, Elfriede Aulhorn, Horace B. Barlow, E. Baumgardt, H. Richard Blackwell, Donald S. Blough, Maarten A. Bouman, Robert M. Boynton, Brian H. Crawford, Jay M. Enoch, Adriana Fiorentini, Peter Grützner, Heinrich Harms, Eric G. Heinemann, Leo M. Hurvich, Wolfgang Jaeger, Dorothea Jameson, Donald H. Kelly, David H. Krantz, Yves LeGrand, Leonard Matin, J. D. Moreland, Jacob Nachmias, Lorrin A. Riggs, K. H. Ruddock, Pieter L. Walraven, Naomi Weisstein, Gerald Westheimer, Billy R. Wooten, William D. Wright, … Dean Yager

  • Editors: Dorothea Jameson, Leo M. Hurvich

  • Series Title: Handbook of Sensory Physiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-88658-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1972

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-88660-7Published: 01 July 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-88658-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0072-9906

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 812

  • Number of Illustrations: 241 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Medicine/Public Health, general

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