Color Vision: From Genes to Perception - Hardcover

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Synopsis

Color Vision: From Genes to Perception documents the present state of understanding regarding primate color vision in 20 review articles written by 35 leading international experts. The articles range from genes, the molecular genetics of the human cone photopigment genes, to perception, the color processing of complex scenes. Detailed overviews of such basic topics as cone spectral sensitivity and color processing in the retina and cortex are included. Introductions are given to important and innovative technologies such as molecular genetics, anatomical staining, visual psychophysics, intracellular and extracellular physiological recordings, and functional magnetic resonance imaging. Color Vision is intended for graduate students and research specialists. By bringing together scientists from different disciplines, the book will clarify issues of general interest for the expert and non-expert alike.

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Color Vision gives both the student and the specialist an introduction to and a detailed overview of the classical and newest findings about the molecular genetic, evolutionary, anatomical, physiological, and perceptual aspects of human and primate color vision. Bringing together scientists from many different disciplines, the book defines the present state-of-knowledge and clarifies issues of general interest for the expert and non expert alike. No other textbook about human color vision covers so many disciplines nor is so up-to-date or thorough in its treatment.

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ISBN 10:  052100439X ISBN 13:  9780521004398
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2001
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