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From Pigments to Perception

Advances in Understanding Visual Processes

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Arne Valberg

    1. University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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  2. Barry B. Lee

    1. Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Gottingen, Germany

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series A: (NSSA, volume 203)

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Table of contents (55 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Biophysics and Psychophysics of Photoreceptors

    1. Visual Pigments and Colour Vision in Primates

      • J. K. Bowmaker
      Pages 1-9

    2. The Cost of Trichromacy for Spatial Vision

      • David R. Williams, Nobutoshi Sekiguchi, William Haake, David Brainard, Orin Packer
      Pages 11-22

    3. Variability in Cone Populations and Implications

      • Joel Pokorny, Vivianne C. Smith, Michael F. Wesner
      Pages 23-34

    4. Discussion: Biophysics and Psychophysics of Photoreceptors

      • John Mollon
      Pages 35-40

    5. Transition from Photopic to Scotopic Light Assessments and Possible Underlying Processes

      • Françoise Viénot
      Pages 41-51

    6. Dual Rod Pathways

      • Lindsay T. Sharpe, Andrew Stockman
      Pages 53-66

    7. Wavelength-Discrimination with Only Rods and Blue Cones

      • Andreas Reitner, Lindsay T. Sharpe, Eberhart Zrenner
      Pages 67-71

    8. Density of Bipolar Cells in the Macaque Monkey Retina

      • Paul R. Martin, Ulrike Grünert
      Pages 73-78

    9. Discussion: Rod Vision

      • William Swanson
      Pages 79-82

  3. Parvocellular and Magnocellular Pathways and Psychophysics

    1. Which Cells Code for Color?

      • R. W. Rodieck
      Pages 83-93

    2. Receptive Field Structure of P and M Cells in the Monkey Retina

      • Robert Shapley, R. Clay Reid, Ehud Kaplan
      Pages 95-104

    3. On the Relation between Cellular Sensitivity and Psychophysical Detection

      • Barry B. Lee
      Pages 105-115

    4. P and M Pathway Specialization in the Macaque

      • William H. Merigan
      Pages 117-125

    5. The Color-Opponent and Broad-Band Channels of the Primate Visual System

      • Peter H. Schiller
      Pages 127-132

    6. Discussion: P- and M-Pathways I

      • Eberhardt Zrenner
      Pages 133-138

    7. Temporal Characteristics of Colour Vision: VEP and Psychophysical Measurements

      • Adriana Fiorentini, David C. Burr, Concetta M. Morrone
      Pages 139-149

    8. The Contribution of Colour to Motion

      • Patrick Cavanagh
      Pages 151-164

    9. Functional Classification of Parallel Visual Pathways

      • Karen K. De Valois, Frank Kooi
      Pages 165-171

    10. The Response of Macaque Retinal Ganglion Cells to Complex Temporal Waveforms

      • Jan Kremers, Barry B. Lee, Joel Pokorny, Vivianne C. Smith
      Pages 173-176
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Arne Valberg

  • Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Gottingen, Germany

    Barry B. Lee

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: From Pigments to Perception

  • Book Subtitle: Advances in Understanding Visual Processes

  • Editors: Arne Valberg, Barry B. Lee

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series A:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3718-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1991

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-43905-6Published: 30 June 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-6654-6Published: 01 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-3718-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 485

  • Topics: Animal Physiology, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Neurosciences, Neuropsychology

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