Vision Research A Practical Guide to Laboratory Methods

by Carpenter, Roger; Robson, John

• ISBN13: 9780198523192
• ISBN10: 019852319X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-02-18
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Vision research is one of the largest and most active areas of brain research. Psychologists, neuroscientists, ophthalmologists, optometrists, computer scientists, and engineers all have an interest in the practical side of the subject. A Practical Guide to Vision Research is a clear and comprehensive laboratory manual providing the detailed information necessary to begin vision research. Spanning the full range of disciplines, this book provides protocols and practical advice on key experimental techniques, along with useful background information. It covers the choice and use of modern light sources and optical components, with particular consideration of how to generate specific colors, and describes the creation and presentation of images, with an emphasis on current computer techniques. It also discusses the design of psychological experiments. Finally, it provides a thorough coverage of all types of physiological measurement, including ERG and evoked potentials, accommodation, eye movements, and pupil diameter. It presents the "tricks of the trade" in vision research, from some of its leading practitioners, of a kind that cannot be found in published papers and are often only acquired through direct experience. Accessible to beginning researchers with little background in optics and electronics, the book is an essential tool for students and a valuable resource for experienced researchers new to the field.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	viii
List of Abbreviations	ix
Optics and photometry	1	(49)
W. Makous
Light sources	50	(31)
John G. Robson
Topics in computerized visual-stimulus generation	81	(25)
Tom Robson
Specifying, generating, and measuring colours	106	(23)
J. D. Mollon
Psychophysical methods, or how to measure a threshold, and why	129	(8)
Bart Farell
Denis G. Pelli
The behavioural analysis of animal vision	137	(24)
Randolph Blake
Research methods in infant vision	161	(26)
Janette Atkinson
Oliver Braddick
Gross potential recording methods in ophthalmology	187	(58)
H. Spekreijse
F. C. C. Riemslag
Eye movement recording	245	(41)
Han Collewijn
Techniques for the dynamic measurement of accommodation and pupil size	286	(21)
Stuart Judge
Index	307