Contents

pp v-vi

List of Contributors

pp vii-ix

Preface

pp x-xii

Reply

pp xiii-xv

Acknowledgements

pp xvi-xvi

Concepts of coding and efficiency

pp 1-2

1 - The quantum efficiency of vision

pp 3-24

2 - Coding efficiency and visual processing

pp 25-31

3 - Statistical limits to image understanding

pp 32-44

4 - The theory of comparative eye design

pp 45-52

Efficiency of the visual pathway

pp 53-54

5 - The design of compound eyes

pp 55-64

6 - The light response of photoreceptors

pp 65-73

7 - Is there more than meets the eye?

pp 74-83

8 - Quantum efficiency and performance of retinal ganglion cells

pp 84-91

9 - Neural interactions underlying direction-selectivity in the rabbit retina

pp 92-102

10 - Detection and discrimination mechanisms in the striate cortex of the Old-World monkey

pp 103-116

Colour

pp 117-118

11 - The two subsystems of colour vision and their rôles in wavelength discrimination

pp 119-131

12 - The effect of the angle of retinal incidence on the color of monochromatic light

pp 132-141

13 - Fourier Interferometric Stimulation (FIS): the method and its applications

pp 142-149

14 - The chromatic coding of space

pp 150-158

Brightness, adaptation and contrast

pp 159-160

15 - The role of photoreceptors in light-adaptation and dark-adaptation of the visual system

pp 161-168

16 - Why do we see better in bright light?

pp 169-174

17 - Mechanisms for coding luminance patterns: are they really linear?

pp 175-184

18 - Feature detection in biological and artificial visual systems

pp 185-194

Development of vision

pp 195-196

19 - On reformation of visual projection: cellular and molecular aspects

pp 197-208