Duplicity Theory of Vision : From Newton to the Present.

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Chronicles the development of three classic theories within vision research, from the 17th century to today, focusing on duplicity theory.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stabell, Bjorn
Otros Autores: Stabell, Ulf
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Temas:
Visual pathways.
Eye > Adaptation.
Vision > Research > History.
Visual Pathways
Dark Adaptation
Adaptation, Ocular
Voies optiques.
Œil > Adaptation.
Vision > Recherche > Histoire.
Eye > Adaptation
Vision > Research
Visual pathways
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Roots of the duplicity theory of vision: Ancient Greeks; 1.2 Further development of the duplicity theory; Part I The development of the basic ideas of the duplicity theory from Newton to G.E. Müller; 2 The Newton tradition; 2.1 Newtons universal colour theory; 2.2 An alternative to Newtons theories of light and colour; 2.3 Phototransduction in the retina and signal transmission to the brain:Newtons speculations; 2.4 Newton's gravitation principle applied to colour mixture data; 2.5 Conclusions.
  • 2.6 Young's colour theory: three instead of seven primaries2.7 Maxwell: triplicity of colour vision proved; 2.8 Helmholtz: the Young-Helmholtz colour theory; 3 The Schultze tradition; 3.1 The duplicity theory of Max Schultze; 3.2 Evidence in favour of the theory; 3.3 One or several types of cone?; 3.4 Phototransduction is photochemical in nature: Boll and Khne; 3.5 Boll: discovery of rhodopsin as a visual photopigment; 3.6 Kuhne: several photochemical substances in the retina; 3.7 Phototransduction of rhodopsin; 3.8 Parinaud and Konig: early reformulations of the duplicity theory.
  • 3.9 The duplicity theory of Parinaud3.10 Konig: rhodopsin is the mediator of night vision
  • a conclusive proof; 3.11 The duplicity theory of Konig; 3.12 The duplicity theory of von Kries; 1. Lights that match in day vision may differ in twilight vision: the Purkinjephenomenon.; 2. Anatomical interpretation of the theory. Cones and Rods. Uniquenessof the fovea. Rhodopsin.; 3. Isolation of twilight vision. Congenital, total colour-blindness. Nyctalopia. On comparative anatomy.; 3.13 An attempt to unify the theories of Schultze and Young-Helmholtz.
  • 4 The Goethe tradition: the phenomenological approach4.1 Phenomenological analysis may reveal underlying material processes; 4.2 The colour theory of J.W. von Goethe; 4.3 Goethe's contribution; 4.4 The colour theory of Ewald Hering; 4.5 Experiments in support of Hering's colour theory; 4.6 Contributions of Hering; 5 The colour theories of Armin Tschermak and George Elias Mller; 5.1 The colour theory of Tschermak; 5.2 The duplicity theory of G.E. Muller; 5.2.1 G.E. Muller's speculation on the phototransduction in rods; 5.2.2 Cones may inhibit regeneration of rhodopsin.
  • 5.2.3 Rods subserving chromatic colour vision5.2.4 Three types of cones and five pairs of opponent processes; 5.2.5 Activation of opponent processes by P1, P2 and P3; 5.2.6 The P1 system; 5.2.7 The P2 system; 5.2.8 The P3 system; 5.3 Evaluation of G.E. Muller's colour theory; Part II The development of the duplicity theory from 1930-1966; 6 The duplicity theory of Polyak; 6.1 Trichromacy of colour vision explained by three types of bipolar cell; 6.2 Midget ganglion cells as synthesizers; 6.3 The specific fibre-energy doctrine questioned; 6.4 Applications of Polyak's colour theory.

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