Author:
Chichilnisky E. J.,Wandell B. A.
Abstract
AbstractColor appearance judgments revealed fundamental differences in visual processing of incremental and decremental lights. First, the balance of cone activation required for a light to appear achromatic was different for increments and decrements (Judd, 1940; Helson & Michels, 1948). Second, adaptation-the visual system's adjustment to background light – affected achromatic decrements more than increments. Third, the regulation of adaptation for incremental and decremental stimuli depended differently on background signals from the three cone types. We interpret these asymmetries as differences in mechanisms of adaptation in the ON and OFF pathways, and suggest that they evolved to accommodate the range and physical sources of color signals in the two pathways.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Sensory Systems,Physiology
Cited by
38 articles.
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