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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Daniel Kernell (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 25.30cm Weight: 0.790kg ISBN: 9781107083035ISBN 10: 1107083036 Pages: 271 Publication Date: 10 March 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. 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.Reviews'... this book is exactly what it says on the cover: an introductory survey, and an excellent one at that. It is likely to inform and benefit quite a broad readership both within and without academia and I recommend it, particularly for mid-level to advanced undergraduate students of psychology or cognitive neuroscience taking visual perception courses. It will make a good read for anybody else interested in colour vision with a broad art, science or technology background or just curious.' C. Alejandro Parraga, Perception '... this book is exactly what it says on the cover: an introductory survey, and an excellent one at that. It is likely to inform and benefit quite a broad readership both within and without academia and I recommend it, particularly for mid-level to advanced undergraduate students of psychology or cognitive neuroscience taking visual perception courses. It will make a good read for anybody else interested in colour vision with a broad art, science or technology background or just curious.' C. Alejandro Parraga, Perception '... this book is exactly what it says on the cover: an introductory survey, and an excellent one at that. It is likely to inform and benefit quite a broad readership both within and without academia and I recommend it, particularly for mid-level to advanced undergraduate students of psychology or cognitive neuroscience taking visual perception courses. It will make a good read for anybody else interested in colour vision with a broad art, science or technology background or just curious.' C. Alejandro Parraga, Perception Author InformationDaniel Kernell is Emeritus Professor of Medical Physiology at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |