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Review
. 2021:178:131-153.
doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-821377-3.00005-2.

Color vision

Joseph Carroll  1 , Bevil R Conway  2
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Review

Color vision

Joseph Carroll et al. Handb Clin Neurol. 2021.

Abstract

Color is a fundamental aspect of normal visual experience. This chapter provides an overview of the role of color in human behavior, a survey of current knowledge regarding the genetic, retinal, and neural mechanisms that enable color vision, and a review of inherited and acquired defects of color vision including a discussion of diagnostic tests.

Keywords: Achromatopsia; Agnosia; Brain damage; Color blindness; Cone mosaic; Neuroimaging; Photopigment; Photoreceptors; Ventral visual pathway.

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