PROCESSES IN BIOLOGICAL VISION: including, ELECTROCHEMISTRY OF THE NEURON This material is excerpted from the full β-version of the text. The final printed version will be more concise due to further editing and economical constraints. A Table of Contents and an index are located at the end of this paper. James T. Fulton Vision Concepts
[email protected] April 30, 2017 Copyright 2003 James T. Fulton Performance Descriptors 17- 1 [xxx reconfirm all Section references to or in 17.2.2, etc. ] [xxx reword references to constant quantum efficiency ] 17 Performance descriptors of Vision1 Probably more error has crept into the subject of colour vision from inexact description of experimental conditions and the nature of the stimuli employed than from any other cause. Sir John Parsons, 1915 Because of the amount of color artwork in this chapter, it has been necessary to divide it into three parts for distribution over the INTERNET. PART 1A: INTRO, LUMINANCE & NEW CHROMATICITY DIAGRAM PART 1B: EXTENSIONS TO THE NEW CHROMATICITY DIAGRAM PART 2: TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DESCRIPTORS OF VISION PART 1A: INTRO. LUMINANCE & CHROMINANCE The press of work on other parts of the manuscript may delay the final cleanup of this PART but it is too valuable to delay its release for comment. Any comments are welcome at
[email protected]. 17.1 Introduction This Chapter and Chapter 16 form a pair. While the last Chapter developed equations that are applicable to any animal, this Chapter will concentrate on the most highly developed performance descriptors, those applicable to the human. The visual system is considerably more capable, more flexible and more complex than reflected in even the scientific literature.