Colours and Colour Vision - An Introductory Survey

Informationen zum Autor Daniel Kernell is Emeritus Professor of Medical Physiology at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Klappentext A broad account of the complex phenomenon of colour and colour vision. Zusammenfassung An unusually broad account of colours and colour vision which deals with the historical and cultural roles of colours as well as the physical and neurophysiological mechanisms. Variations of colour vision are also described! both within human populations and between different species of animals. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Colour vision in everyday life; 2. The signals of colours: light and wavelengths; 3. Colours and viewing conditions: not only local wavelengths; 4. Our biological hardware: eye and brain; 5. Eyes with unconventional properties: the 'red-green blinds'; 6. Other kinds of unconventional colour vision; 7. Colour vision in different species of animals.

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• Authors: Daniel Kernell, Daniel (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Kernell, Kernell Daniel
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.03.2016
• EAN: 9781107443549
• ISBN: 978-1-107-44354-9
• No. of pages: 271
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Theory of art, Perception, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, ART / Criticism & Theory, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Neurosciences, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology