Ciba Foundation Symposium - Colour Vision: Physiology and Experimental Psychology

Copyright © 1965 Ciba Foundation

Ciba Foundation Symposium - Colour Vision: Physiology and Experimental Psychology

Editor(s): A. V. S. de Reuck, Julie Knight

Published Online: 30 MAY 2008

Print ISBN: 9780470722848

Online ISBN: 9780470719404

DOI: 10.1002/9780470719404

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xiii)

    1. Chapter 1

      Chairman's Opening Remarks (pages 1–2)

      0. E. Lowenstein

  3. Part 1: Visual Pigments

    1. Chapter 2

      The Clustering of Fish Visual Pigments Around Discrete Spectral Positions, and Its Bearing on Chemical Structure (pages 3–26)

      H. J. A. Dartnall and J. N. Lythgoe

    2. Chapter 3

      Adaptation of Visual Pigments to the Photic Environment (pages 27–51)

      F. W. Munz

  4. Part 2: Duplicity Theory and Microstructure of the Retina

    1. Chapter 4

      Rods and Cones-A Fresh Approach (pages 52–88)

      Christopher Pedler

    2. Chapter 5

      Duality in the Retina (pages 89–109)

      E. N. Willmer

    3. Chapter 6

      The Synaptology of the Retina (pages 110–151)

      Fritriof S. Sjöstrand

  5. Part 3: Theories of Colour Vision

    1. Chapter 7

      Sketch of the Present Position Colour Vision of the Young-Helmholtz Theory of Colour Vision (pages 152–177)

      B. H. Crawford

    2. Chapter 8

      Cellular Mechanisms of a Young-Hering Visual System (pages 178–203)

      G. Svaetichin, K. Negishi and R. Fatehchand

    3. Chapter 9

      Comment (pages 203–207)

      Leo H. Hurvich and Dorothea Jameson

    4. Chapter 10

      Visual Pigments of Single Cones (pages 208–217)

      W. B. Marks

    5. Chapter 11

      The Retinex (pages 217–227)

      Edwin H. Land

  6. Part 4: Human Colour Vision

    1. Chapter 12

      The Genetics of Colour Blindness (pages 228–248)

      R. W. Pickford

    2. Chapter 13

      After-Images as a Means of Investigating Rods and Cones (pages 249–264)

      C. A. Padgham

    3. Chapter 14

      General Discussion on Theories of Colour Vision and Human Colour Vision (pages 265–285)

  7. Part 5: Animal Colour Vision

    1. Chapter 15

      The Physiological Basis of Colour Vision in Honeybees (pages 286–300)

      H. Autrum

    2. Chapter 16

      The Spectral Sensitivity and Visual Pigment Content of the Retina of Gekko gekko (pages 301–324)

      Frederick Crescitelli

    3. Chapter 17

      Colour Discrimination in Cats (pages 325–371)

      Donald R. Meyer and Roy A. Anderson

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      Index of Authors (pages 373–374)

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      Subject Index (pages 375–382)

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