Addressing the question, how does the human visual path work, this book attempts to
integrate much of visual psychophysics with known facts about visual processes. Harvard …

Six leaders in the field of vision research contribute to twenty chapters in this authoritative
book. Heavy emphasis on neurophysiology, psychophysics, and problems of measurement …

Understanding the organization of the vertebrate retina has been the goal of many talented
visual scientists during the past 100 years. With Cajal's (1892) anatomic descriptions of the …

The retina encodes the visual world. It transforms optical im ages into trains of nerve im
pulses, which are then conducted along the optic nerve to the brain. The brain interprets …

There is a plethora of professional journals devoted to vision research, and a number of
excellent books dealing with perception as well as the neural bases of vision. No single …

My hope in this book is to convey some flavor of the brain's structure and function by taking a
close look at the part of it concerned with vision.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA …

VISUAL PERCEPTION BEGINS in the retina and occurs in two stages. Light entering the
cornea is projected onto the back of the eye, where it is converted into an electrical signal by …

This book deals exhaustively with the anatomy, histology, and physiology of the retina in
man, ape, and monkey. It is divided into 5 main sections dealing with (1) methods for …

This is the story of a hugely successful and enjoyable 25-year collaboration between two
scientists who set out to learn how the brain deals with the signals it receives from the two …

Presents a comprehensive text about the organization of the vertebrate retina, following the
temporal sequence of events in retinal function. Findings are based on physical, chemical …