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Vision and Visual Dysfunction

Buch | Hardcover
505 Seiten
1991
Nature Publishing Group (Verlag)
978-0-333-48626-9 (ISBN)
109,95 inkl. MwSt
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A 16 volume encyclopedia on vision covering all research aspects of this mutidisciplinary field by 300 contributors from around the world. Each volume is extensively referenced, illustrated and indexed. The articles relate the current state of our knowledge and areas of continuing advancement.
A 16 volume thematic encyclopedia on vision covering all research aspects of this mutidisciplinary field by 300 contributors from around the world. Each volume is extensively referenced, illustrated and indexed. The articles relate the current state of our knowledge and areas of continuing advancement and will be updated in additional volumes every 5 years. It is aimed at libraries in all universities, relevant departments and other institutions conducting research into vision, medical schools and relevant major industrial concerns such as pharmaceutical, optics and robotics companies.

Evolution of visual behaviour in animals; evolution of the eye - from the light sensitive cephalic organ of nemertoid worms to the vertebrate eye; the eye of Copelia - tectile and visual scanning as primitive means of form perception; the response to light in prokaryotes and protozoa; evolution of the compond eye and visual systems of arthropods; evolution of the eye and visual system of molluscs; evolution of visual pigments and photoreceptors; evolution of the vertebrate retina (including - phylogenetic differences in the morphology and function of retinal ganglion and other nerve cells and their possible relationship to differences in visual behaviour); morphological and functional evolution of pretectum, dorsal thalamus and visual cortex; nucleus isthmi or parabigeminal nucleus; nucleus rotundus and pulvinar; visual tracking and the cerebral control of gaze; response to visual shadows. Lateral inhibition and contrast sensitivity and the subsequent development of movement and directional sensitivity; the detection of visual form; evolution of colour vision; evolution of depth perception (binocular vision and stereopsis); the phylogenetic segregation of movement, colour and pattern systems within the brain.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.12.1991
Zusatzinfo illustrations, references, index
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 230 x 345 mm
Gewicht 1397 g
Themenwelt Schulbuch / Wörterbuch Lexikon / Chroniken
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Augenheilkunde
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Optik
ISBN-10 0-333-48626-9 / 0333486269
ISBN-13 978-0-333-48626-9 / 9780333486269
Zustand Neuware
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