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Human Color Vision

  • A comprehensive overview also meant for non-specialists
  • Uses a comparative context to understand the constraints imposed on human color vision
  • A description of color vision at all major levels of the visual system
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Vision Research (SSVR, volume 5)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. The Genetics of Color Vision and Congenital Color Deficiencies

    • David M. Hunt, Livia S. Carvalho
    Pages 1-32
  3. The Retinal Processing of Photoreceptor Signals

    • Jan Kremers, Luiz Carlos L. Silveira, Neil R. A. Parry, Declan J. McKeefry
    Pages 33-70
  4. Functional Imaging of Cone Photoreceptors

    • Lawrence C. Sincich, Ramkumar Sabesan, William S. Tuten, Austin Roorda, Wolf M. Harmening
    Pages 71-104
  5. Cone Opponency: An Efficient Way of Transmitting Chromatic Information

    • Barry B. Lee, Luiz Carlos L. Silveira
    Pages 105-132
  6. Psychophysical Correlates of Retinal Processing

    • Rigmor C. Baraas, Andrew J. Zele
    Pages 133-157
  7. Color Constancy and Contextual Effects on Color Appearance

    • Maria Olkkonen, Vebjørn Ekroll
    Pages 159-188
  8. Color in the Cortex

    • Elizabeth N. Johnson, Kathy T. Mullen
    Pages 189-217
  9. Interactions of Color Vision with Other Visual Modalities

    • Frederick A. A. Kingdom
    Pages 219-241
  10. Computational Modeling of Color Vision

    • Thomas Wachtler, Christian Wehrhahn
    Pages 243-267
  11. Color Vision in Clinical Practice

    • Cord Huchzermeyer, Jan Kremers, John Barbur
    Pages 269-315
  12. Evolution of Color Vision

    • Almut Kelber, Gerald H. Jacobs
    Pages 317-354
  13. Back Matter

    Pages 355-361

About this book

Our understanding of human color vision has advanced tremendously in recent years, helped along by many new discoveries, ideas, and achievements. It is therefore timely that these new developments are brought together in a book, assembled specifically to include new research and insight from the leaders in the field. Although intentionally not exhaustive, many aspects of color vision are discussed in this Springer Series in Vision Research book including: the genetics of the photopigments; the anatomy and physiology of photoreceptors, retinal and cortical pathways; color perception; the effects of disorders; theories on neuronal processes and the evolution of human color vision. Several of the chapters describe new, state-of-the-art methods within genetics, morphology, imaging techniques, electrophysiology, psychophysics, and computational neuroscience. The book gives a comprehensive overview of the different disciplines in human color vision in a way that makes it accessible to specialists and non-specialist scientists alike.

 

About the Series:

The Springer Series in Vision Research is a comprehensive update and overview of cutting edge vision research, exploring, in depth, current breakthroughs at a conceptual level. It details the whole visual system, from molecular processes to anatomy, physiology and behavior and covers both invertebrate and vertebrate organisms from terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Each book in the Series is aimed at all individuals with interests in vision including advanced graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, established vision scientists and clinical investigators. The series editors are N. Justin Marshall, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Australia and Shaun P. Collin, Neuroecology Group within the School of Animal Biology and the Oceans Institute at the University of Western Australia.

 

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

    Jan Kremers

  • Department of Optometry and Visual Science, University College of Southeast Norway, Kongsberg, Norway

    Rigmor C. Baraas

  • Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

    N. Justin Marshall

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Human Color Vision

  • Editors: Jan Kremers, Rigmor C. Baraas, N. Justin Marshall

  • Series Title: Springer Series in Vision Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44978-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-44976-0Published: 16 December 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83177-0Published: 11 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-44978-4Published: 06 December 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2625-2635

  • Series E-ISSN: 2625-2643

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 361

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 74 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Neurosciences, Ophthalmology

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Buying options

eBook USD 169.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 219.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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