Descriptions of color appearance and the associated physiological mechanisms are
examined. The canonical dimensions of perceived color space are hue, saturation and …

A large number of studies, using a wide variety of experimental techniques, have
investigated the “higher-order” color mechanisms proposed by Krauskopf and colleagues in …

Abstract; Different explanations of color vision favor different philosophical positions:
Computational vision is more compatible with objectivism (the color is in the object) …

We used a colour Mondrian--an abstract scene with no recognizable objects--and its
achromatic version to image the change in blood oxygenation in the brains of 12 human …

Abstract" Cognition through Color" reviews the current status of investigations of color
cognition from the standpoint of modern neuropsychology. It provides clear evidence, based …

The mental representations of perceptual and cognitive stimuli vary on many dimensions. In
addition, because of quantal fluctuations in the stimulus, spontaneous neural activity, and …

The biological basis of the commonality in color lexicons across languages has been hotly
debated for decades. Prior evidence that infants categorize color could provide support for …

The first stage of color vision is now well understood (see Chap. 10). When presented in the
same context under photopic conditions, pairs of lights that produce the same excitations in …

Detection thresholds were obtained for a 2° Gaussian-blurred spot flashed for 200 ms on an
8.9° white adapting field of 1070 trolands. The spot's contrast was represented in an L-, M …

The origin of colour categories and their relationship to colour perception have been the
prime example for testing the influence of language on perception and thought (Sapir-Whorf …