Normal and Defective Colour Vision

by Mollon, J. D.; Pokorny, Joel; Knoblauch, Ken

• ISBN13: 9780198525301
• ISBN10: 0198525303
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-06-26
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

The topic of "colour vision" is one that integrates research from psychology, neuroscience, biology, opthalmology, physics, and genetics. How do we make sense of colour in the world, and how has such an ability evolved in humans? How does the brain interpret colour images? How can our genes influence the way in which we perceive colours? Do men discriminate colours differently to women? Why do some people have problems perceiving colours? John Mollon, Joel Porkorny, and Ken Knoblauch are leading authorities on this topic. Together they have brought together a stellar list of contributors, encompassing all these fields. Superbly edited and presented, this book is unique in drawing together contributors from these several fields to provide a truly interdisciplinary review of the field. Aimed at researchers in the vision sciences (including psychology and neuroscience), this will be the definitive text on this topic for many years to come.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Thomas Young and the trichromatic theory of colour vision	xix
J. D. Mollon
Section 1 Photoreceptors and their evolution
1 Electrons and X-rays reveal the structure of rhodopsin: a prototypical G protein-coupled receptor-Implications for colour vision	3	(11)
Jonathan J. Ruprecht and Gebhard F.X. Schertler
2 Photopigment polymorphism in prosimians and the origins of primate trichromacy	14	(7)
Gerald H. Jacobs and Jess F. Deegan II
3 Did primate trichromacy evolve for frugivory or folivory?	21	(10)
P Sumner and J.D. Mollon
4 Lack of S-opsin expression in the brush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus africanus) and other mammals. Is the evolutionary persistence of S-cones a paradox?	31	(8)
P Ahnelt, K. Moutairou, M. Glösmann, and A. Kübber-Heiss
5 The arrangement of L and M cones in human and a primate retina	39	(12)
J.K. Bowmaker, J.W.L. Parry, and J.D. Mollon
6 Comparison of human and monkey pigment gene promoters to evaluate DNA sequences proposed to govern L:M cone ratio	51	(12)
C. McMahon, J. Neitz, and M. Neitz
Section 2 Retinal processes
7 Structure of receptive field centers of midget retinal ganglion cells	63	(8)
Barry B. Lee
8 The neural circuit providing input to midget ganglion cells	71	(8)
David W. Marshak
9 Coding of position of achromatic and chromatic edges by retinal ganglion cells	79	(12)
Hao Sun, Barry B. Lee, and Lukas Rüttiger
Section 3 Spatial and temporal aspects of colour perception
10 Psychophysical correlates of parvo- and magnocellular function	91	(17)
Vivianne C. Smith and Joel Pokorny
11 Spatial contrast sensitivity for pulsed- and steady-pedestal stimuli	108	(6)
Anna Leonova, Joel Pokorny, and Vivianne C. Smith
12 Chromatic assimilation: evidence for a neural mechanism	114	(8)
Steven K. Shevell and Dingcai Cao
13 Reaction times to stimuli in isoluminant colour space	122	(8)
D.J. McKeefry, N.R.A. Parry, and I.J. Murray
14 Integration times reveal mechanisms responding to isoluminant chromatic gratings: a two-centre visual evoked potential study	130	(8)
A.G. Robson, J.J. Kulikowski, M. Korostenskaja, M.M. Neveu, C.R. Hogg, and G.E. Holder
15 Temporal frequency and contrast adaptation	138	(7)
Arthur G. Shapiro, S. Mary Hood, and J.D. Mollon
16 Contribution of achromatic and chromatic contrast signals to Fechner-Benham subjective colours	145	(9)
J. Le Rohellec, H. Brettel, and F. Viénot
17 Sensitivity to movement of configurations of achromatic and chromatic points in amblyopic patients	154	(6)
M.L.F. de Mattiello, M. Maneiro, and S. Buglione
18 Convergence as a function of chromatic contrast: a possible contributor to depth perception?	160	(13)
Galina V. Paramei and Wolfgang Jaschinski
Section 4 Rods and colour vision
19 The influence of rods on color naming during dark adaptation	173	(6)
Janice L. Nerger, Vicki J. Volbrecht, and Kristin A. Haase
20 Stimulus duration affects rod influence on hue perception	179	(10)
Steven L. Buck and Roger Knight
Section 5 Natural scenes and colour constancy
21 The Verriest Lecture: Colour discrimination, colour constancy and natural scene statistics	189	(29)
Donald I.A. MacLeod
22 Tritanopic colour constancy under daylight changes?	218	(7)
David H. Foster, Kinjiro Amano, and Sérgio M.C. Nascimento
23 Ked-green colour deficiency and colour constancy under orthogonal-daylight changes	225	(6)
Kinjiro Amano, David H. Foster, and Sergio M.C. Nascimento
24 Calculating appearances in complex and simple images	231	(8)
John J. McCann
25 The effect of global contrast distribution on colour appearance	239	(12)
K. Wolf and A. C. Hurlbert
Section 6 Colour spaces and their variation
26 Schopenhauer's "parts of daylight" in the light of modern colorimetry	251	(16)
Jan J. Koenderink
27 Representing an observer's matches in an alien colour space	267	(6)
Kenneth Knoblauch
28 Macular pigment: nature's notch filter	273	(6)
J.D. Moreland and S. Westland
29 How to find a tritan line	279	(9)
H.E. Smithson, P. Sumner, and J.D. Mollon
30 Some properties of the physiological colour system	288	(11)
C. von Campenhausen, and J. Schramme
Section 7 Inherited colour deficiency: molecular genetics
31 Genotypic variation in multi-gene dichromats	299	(8)
S.S. Deeb, W. Jagla, H. Jägle, T. Hayashi, and L.T. Sharpe
32 Hybrid pigment genes, dichromacy, and anomalous trichromasy	307	(11)
Wolfgang Jagla, Tanja Breitsprecher, Itala Kucsera, Gyula Kovacs, Bernd Wissinger, Samir S. Deeb, and Lindsay T. Sharpe
33 Middle wavelength sensitive photopigment gene expression is absent in deuteranomalous colour vision	318	(13)
Maureen Neitz, Kathryn Bollinger, and Jay Neitz
Section 8 Inherited colour deficiency: psychophysics and tests
34 Preliminary norms for the Cambridge colour test	331	(9)
D.F. Ventura, L.C.L. Silveira, A.R. Rodrigues, J.M. de Souza, M. Gualtieri, D. Bonci, and M.F. Costa
35 Evaluation of "Colour vision testing made easy"	340	(7)
Stephen J. Dain
36 Survey of the colour vision demands in fire-fighting	347	(7)
Stephen J. Dain and Laura E. Hughes
37 Lantern colour vision tests: one light or two?	354	(10)
Jeffery K. Hovis
38 Extreme anomalous trichromatism	364	(6)
Jennifer Birch
39 Colour naming, colour categories, and central colour-coding in a case of X-linked incomplete achromatopsia	370	(11)
J.B. Nolan, M.A. Crognale, and M.A. Webster
Section 9 Acquired deficiencies of colour vision
40 Effects of retinal detachment on S and M cone function in an animal model	381	(8)
Gerald H. Jacobs, Jack B. Calderone, Tsutomu Sakai, Geoffrey P. Lewis, and Steven K. Fisher
41 Colour vision in central serous chorioretinopathy	389	(6)
Maija Mäntyjärvi and Tarja Maaranen
42 Early vision loss in diabetic patients assessed by the Cambridge Colour Test	395	(9)
D.F. Ventura, M.F. Costa, M. Gualtieri, M. Niski, M. Bernick, D. Bonci, and J.M. de Souza
43 Colour-vision disturbances in patients with arterial hypertension	404	(5)
Anke Schröder, Carl Erb, Stefan Falk, Gabriele Schwartze, Jörg Radermacher, and Rolf Winter
44 Visual dysfunction following mercury exposure by breathing mercury vapour or by eating mercury-contaminated food	409	(10)
Luiz Carlos L. Silveira, Enira Terezinha B. Damin, Maria da Conceição N. Pinheiro, Anderson R. Rodrigues, Ana Laura A. Moura, Maria Izabel T. Côrtes, and Guilherme A. Mello
Index	419