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. 2018 Oct:151:2-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2018.06.009. Epub 2018 Aug 7.

A tour of contemporary color vision research

Bevil R Conway  1 , Rhea T Eskew Jr  2 , Paul R Martin  3 , Andrew Stockman  4
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A tour of contemporary color vision research

Bevil R Conway et al. Vision Res. 2018 Oct.

Abstract

The study of color vision encompasses many disciplines, including art, biochemistry, biophysics, brain imaging, cognitive neuroscience, color preferences, colorimetry, computer modelling, design, electrophysiology, language and cognition, molecular genetics, neuroscience, physiological optics, psychophysics and physiological optics. Coupled with the elusive nature of the subjective experience of color, this wide range of disciplines makes the study of color as challenging as it is fascinating. This overview of the special issue Color: Cone Opponency and Beyond outlines the state of the science of color, and points to some of the many questions that remain to be answered in this exciting field.

Keywords: Color; Cortex; Opponency; Retina; Vision.

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