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Central Processing of Visual Information A: Integrative Functions and Comparative Data

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  1. H. Autrum
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  2. P. O. Bishop
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  3. V. Braitenberg
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  4. K. L. Chow
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  5. R. L. Valois
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  6. R. B. Freeman
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  7. W. A. Grind
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  8. O.-J. Grüsser
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  9. U. Grüsser-Cornehls
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  10. R. Jung
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  11. W. R. Levick
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  12. H.-U. Lunkenheimer
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  13. D. M. MacKay
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  14. M. Snyder
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  15. J. Stone
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  16. N. J. Strausfeld
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  17. I. Thomas
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Editors:
  1. Richard Jung
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Part of the book series: Handbook of Sensory Physiology (SENSORY, volume 7 / 3 / 3 A)

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

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Integrative Functions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages XIII-XIII
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    2. Visual Perception and Neurophysiology

      • Richard Jung
      Pages 1-152

    3. Neurophysiological Mechanisms in the Visual Discrimination of Form

      • Jonathan Stone, Robert B. Freeman Jr
      Pages 153-207

    4. Central Mechanisms of Color Vision

      • Russell L. De Valois
      Pages 209-253

    5. Neurophysiology of Binocular Single Vision and Stereopsis

      • Peter O. Bishop
      Pages 255-305

    6. Visual Stability and Voluntary Eye Movements

      • Donald M. MacKay
      Pages 307-331

    7. Neuronal Mechanisms of Visual Movement Perception and Some Psychophysical and Behavioral Correlations

      • Otto-Joachim Grüsser, Ursula Grüsser-Cornehls
      Pages 333-429

    8. Temporal Transfer Properties of the Afferent Visual System Psychophysical,Neurophysiological and Theoretical Investigations

      • W. A. Van De Grind, O.-J. Grüsser, H.-U. Lunkenheimer
      Pages 431-573

    9. Maintained Discharge in the Visual System and its Role for Information Processing

      • William R. Levick
      Pages 575-598

    10. Neuronal Changes in the Visual System Following Visual Deprivation

      • Kao Liang Chow
      Pages 599-627

  3. Comparative Data

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 629-629
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    2. Principles of the Mosaic Organisation in the Visual System’s Neuropil of Musca domestica L

      • Valentin Braitenberg, Nicholas J. Strausfeld
      Pages 631-659

    3. Comparative Physiology of Colour Vision in Animals

      • Hansjochem Autrum, Ingeborg Thomas
      Pages 661-692

    4. The Evolution of Mammalian Visual Mechanisms

      • Marvin Snyder
      Pages 693-712

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 713-775
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About this book

The present volume covers the physiology of the visual system beyond the optic nerve. It is a continuation of the two preceding parts on the photochemistry and the physiology of the eye, and forms a bridge from them to the fourth part on visual psychophysics. These fields have all developed as independent speciali­ ties and need integrating with each other. The processing of visual information in the brain cannot be understood without some knowledge of the preceding mechanisms in the photoreceptor organs. There are two fundamental reasons, ontogenetic and functional, why this is so: 1) the retina of the vertebrate eye has developed from a specialized part of the brain; 2) in processing their data the eyes follow physiological principles similar to the visual brain centres. Peripheral and central functions should also be discussed in context with their final synthesis in subjective experience, i. e. visual perception. Microphysiology and ultramicroscopy have brought new insights into the neuronal basis of vision. These investigations began in the periphery: HARTLINE'S pioneering experiments on single visual elements of Limulus in 1932 started a successful period of neuronal recordings which ascended from the retina to the highest centres in the visual brain. In the last two decades modern electron­ microscopic techniques and photochemical investigations of single photoreceptors further contributed to vision research.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Central Processing of Visual Information A: Integrative Functions and Comparative Data

  • Authors: H. Autrum, P. O. Bishop, V. Braitenberg, K. L. Chow, R. L. Valois, R. B. Freeman, W. A. Grind, O.-J. Grüsser, U. Grüsser-Cornehls, R. Jung, W. R. Levick, H.-U. Lunkenheimer, D. M. MacKay, M. Snyder, J. Stone, N. J. Strausfeld, … I. Thomas

  • Editors: Richard Jung

  • Series Title: Handbook of Sensory Physiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65352-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag, Berlin · Heidelberg 1973

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-65354-4Published: 17 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-65352-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0072-9906

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 800

  • Topics: Human Physiology, Neurology, Medicine/Public Health, general

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