Name: Central and Peripheral Mechanism of Colour Vision
ISBN: 978-1-349-08020-5

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David Ottoson (Professor of Physiology)⁰,
Semir Zeki (Professor of Neurobiology)¹

David Ottoson
1. Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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1. University College, London, UK
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Table of contents (14 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xiii

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Introduction
- R. Granit
Pages 1-4
Recent Advances in Retinex Theory
- E. H. Land
Pages 5-17
Colour Pathways and Hierarchies in the Cerebral Cortex
- S. Zeki
Pages 19-44
On Lightness Computation in Mondrian World
- A. Blake
Pages 45-59
Opponent-Colours Theory
- L. M. Hurvich
Pages 61-82
Opponent-Colours Theory in the Light of Physiological Findings
- D. Jameson
Pages 83-102
Receptoral Constraints on Colour Appearance
- D. I. A. MacLeod
Pages 103-116
Stile’s π ₁ and π ₂ Colour Mechanisms: Isolation of a Blue/Yellow Pathway in Normals and Dichromats
- E. N. Pugh Jr., J. E. Thornton, L. J. Friedman, M. H. Yim
Pages 117-137
The Action Spectra of Rods and Red-and Green-Sensitive Cones of the Monkey Macaca Fascicularis
- B. J. Nunn, J. L. Schnapf, D. A. Baylor
Pages 139-149
Properties of Cone Photoreceptors in Relation to Colour Vision
- T. D. Lamb
Pages 151-164
A New Concept for the Contribution of Retinal Colour-opponent Ganglion Cells to Hue Discrimination and Colour Constancy: The Zero Signal Dectector
- E. Zrenner
Pages 165-181
Colour Coding in the Primate Retinogeniculate System
- P. Gouras
Pages 183-197
Non-oriented Double Opponent Colour Cells are Concentrated in Two Subdivisions of Cortical Layer IV
- C. R. Michael
Pages 199-209
Colour Pathways and Colour Vision in the Honeybee
- R. Menzel
Pages 211-233
Back Matter

Pages 235-239

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Keywords

Editors and Affiliations

Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

David Ottoson
University College, London, UK

Semir Zeki

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Book Title: Central and Peripheral Mechanism of Colour Vision
Editors: David Ottoson, Semir Zeki
Series Title: Wenner-Gren Symposium
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08020-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1985
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-08020-5Published: 18 June 1985
Series ISSN: 0083-7989
Series E-ISSN: 2947-0528
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 239
Topics: Zoology

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Front Matter

Introduction

Recent Advances in Retinex Theory

Colour Pathways and Hierarchies in the Cerebral Cortex

On Lightness Computation in Mondrian World

Opponent-Colours Theory

Opponent-Colours Theory in the Light of Physiological Findings

Receptoral Constraints on Colour Appearance

Stile’s π ₁ and π ₂ Colour Mechanisms: Isolation of a Blue/Yellow Pathway in Normals and Dichromats

The Action Spectra of Rods and Red-and Green-Sensitive Cones of the Monkey Macaca Fascicularis

Properties of Cone Photoreceptors in Relation to Colour Vision

A New Concept for the Contribution of Retinal Colour-opponent Ganglion Cells to Hue Discrimination and Colour Constancy: The Zero Signal Dectector

Colour Coding in the Primate Retinogeniculate System

Non-oriented Double Opponent Colour Cells are Concentrated in Two Subdivisions of Cortical Layer IV

Colour Pathways and Colour Vision in the Honeybee

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Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

University College, London, UK

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