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Central and Peripheral Mechanism of Colour Vision

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  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. David Ottoson

    1. Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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  2. Semir Zeki

    1. University College, London, UK

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Part of the book series: Wenner-Gren Symposium (WGS)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • R. Granit
    Pages 1-4

  3. Recent Advances in Retinex Theory

    • E. H. Land
    Pages 5-17

  4. Colour Pathways and Hierarchies in the Cerebral Cortex

    • S. Zeki
    Pages 19-44

  5. On Lightness Computation in Mondrian World

    • A. Blake
    Pages 45-59

  6. Opponent-Colours Theory

    • L. M. Hurvich
    Pages 61-82

  7. Opponent-Colours Theory in the Light of Physiological Findings

    • D. Jameson
    Pages 83-102

  8. Receptoral Constraints on Colour Appearance

    • D. I. A. MacLeod
    Pages 103-116

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Properties of Cone Photoreceptors in Relation to Colour Vision

    • T. D. Lamb
    Pages 151-164

  12. 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

  13. Colour Coding in the Primate Retinogeniculate System

    • P. Gouras
    Pages 183-197

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

    • C. R. Michael
    Pages 199-209

  15. Colour Pathways and Colour Vision in the Honeybee

    • R. Menzel
    Pages 211-233

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 235-239
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    David Ottoson

  • University College, London, UK

    Semir Zeki

Bibliographic Information

  • 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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