Color Vision
From Genes to Perception

Color Vision, first published in 2000, defines the state of knowledge about all aspects of human and primate color vision.

Karl R. Gegenfurtner (Edited by), Lindsay T. Sharpe (Edited by), B. B. Boycott (Foreword by)

9780521590532, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 28 January 2000

506 pages, 202 b/w illus. 14 colour illus. 11 tables
25.4 x 20.6 x 2.8 cm, 1.38 kg

'… this is an excellent book, I would strongly recommend the book to anyone looking for an over-view of the current state of play in the field of colour research and I would also recommend it as a postgraduate text.' Martin J. Tovée, Trends in Neurosciences

Color Vision: From Genes to Perception, first published in 2000, documents the state of understanding about 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.

Contributors
Foreword by Brian B. Boycott
Acknowledgments
Part I. Photoreceptors: 1. Opsin genes, cone photopigments, color vision and colorblindness Lindsay T. Sharpe, Andrew Stockman, Herbert Jägle and Jeremy Nathans
2. Cone spectral sensitivities and color matching Andrew Stockman and Lindsay T. Sharpe
3. Photopigments and the biophysics of transduction in cone photoreceptors Trevor Lamb
4. Electrophysiology of cone photoreceptors in the primate retina Julie L. Schnapf and David M. Schneeweis
5. The trichromatic cone mosaic in the human eye David R. Williams and Austin Roorda
6. The ecology and evolution of primate color vision Jan Kremers, Luiz Carlos, L. Silveira, Elizabeth S. Yamada and Barry B. Lee
Part II. Retinal Circuitry: 7. Parallel pathways from the outer to the inner retina in primates Heinz Wässle
8. Synaptic organization of cone pathways in the primate retina David J. Calkins
9. Functional architecture of cone signal pathways in the primate retina Dennis M. Dacey and Barry B. Lee
10. Receptor inputs to primate ganglion cells Barry B. Lee
Part III. Cortical Processing: 11. Parallel retino-cortical channels and luminance Robert M. Shapley and Michael J. Hawken
12. Color coding in cortex Peter Lennie
13. Chromatic signals in extrastriate areas V2 and V3 Daniel C. Kiper, Jonathan B. Levitt and Karl R. Gegenfurtner
14. Computational neuroimaging: color tuning in two human cortical areas measured using fMRI Brian A. Wandell, Heidi A. Baseler, Allen B. Poirson, Geoffrey M. Boynton and Stephen A. Engel
15. Interactions between color and motion in the primate visual system Michael J. Hawken and Karl R. Gegenfurtner
Part IV. Perception: 16. High order color mechanisms John Krauskopf
17. Color and brightness induction: from Mach bands to three-dimensional configurations Qasim Zaidi
18. Chromatic detection and discrimination Rhea T. Eskew Jr., James S. McLellan and Franco Giulianini
19. Contrast gain control Michael D'Zmura and Benjamin Singer
20. Physics-based approaches to modeling surface color perception Laurence T. Maloney
References
Author index
Subject index.

Subject Areas: Neurosciences [PSAN], Cognition & cognitive psychology [JMR]