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The Visual Neurosciences

November 2003
ISBN 0-262-03308-9
8 1/2 x 11, 1808 pp., 842 illus., 32 color
two-volume set $195.00/£125.95 (CLOTH)

From Bradford Books:
The Visual Neurosciences Volumes 1 and 2
Edited by Leo M. Chalupa and John S. Werner

The Visual Neurosciences contains over 100 chapters covering the entire field of visual neuroscience, from its historical foundations to the latest research and findings in molecular mechanisms and network modeling. The book is organized by topic--different sections cover such subjects as the history of vision science; developmental processes; retinal mechanisms and processes; organization of visual pathways; subcortical processing; processing in the primary visual cortex; detection and sampling; brightness and color; form, shape,and object recognition; motion, depth, and spatial relationships; eye movements; attention and cognition; and theoretical and computational perspectives. The list of contributors includes leading international researchers in visual science.

Leo M. Chalupa is Professor in the Department of Ophthalmalogy and the Section of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior at the University of California, Davis.

John S. Werner is Professor in the Department of Ophthalmalogy and the Section of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior at the University of California, Davis.

Table of Contents

	Preface
I.	HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS
	1.	Vision Structure and Function: The Early History Mitchell Glickstein
	2.	The Role of Single-Unit Analysis in the Past and Future of Neurobiology Horace Barlow
II.	DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES
	3.	Molecular Regulation of Vertebrate Retinal Development Colin J. Barnstable
	4.	Neurotrophins, Electrical Activity, and the Development of Visual Function Nicoletta Berardi and Lamberto Maffei
	5.	Developmental and Genetic Control of Cell Number in the Retina Robert W. Williams and Sally A. Moody
	6.	Development of the Vertebrate Retina Rachel O. L. Wong and Leanne Godinho
	7.	The Development of Retinal Decussations Carol Mason and Lynda Erskine
	8.	The Development of Eye-Specific Segregation in the Retino-Geniculo-Striate Pathway Barbara Chapman
	9.	The Role of Neural Activity in the Development of Orientation Selectivity Chiayu Chiu and Michael Weliky
	10.	Mechanisms of Plasticity in the Visual Cortex Nigel W. Daw
	11.	Ontogenesis of Cortical Connectivity Henry Kennedy and Andreas Burkhalter
	12.	Neural Limitations on Visual Development in Primates Lynne Kiorpes and J. Anthony Movshon
	13.	Development of Spatial Selectivity and Response Timing in Humans Anthony M. Norcia
	14.	The Effects of Selected Forms of Early Visual Deprivation on Perception Donald E. Mitchell
	15.	Toward a Future for Aging Eyes R. A. Weale
III.	RETINAL MECHANISMS AND PROCESSES
	16.	Visual Transduction by Rod and Cone Photoreceptors Marie E. Burns and Trevor D. Lamb
	17.	How Retinal Circuits Optimize the Transfer of Visual Information Peter Sterling
	18.	ON and OFF Pathways in the Vertebrate Retina and Visual System Ralph Nelson and Helga Kolb
	19.	Retinal Synapses Martin Wilson
	20.	Retinal Neurotransmitters Robert E. Marc
	21.	Excitation in the Retina: The Flow, Filtering, and Molecules of Visual Signaling in the Glutamatergic Pathways from Photoreceptors to Ganglion Cells David R. Copenhagen
	22.	Peptide and Peptide Receptor Expression and Function in the Vertebrate Retina Nicholas C. Brecha
	23.	Inhibition in the Retina Malcolm M. Slaughter
	24.	Anatomy, Circuitry, and Physiology of Vertebrate Horizontal Cells Ido Perlman, Helga Kolb and Ralph Nelson
	25.	Retinal Amacrine Cells David I. Vaney
	26.	Ganglion Cells in Mammalian Retinae Paul R. Martin and Ulrike Grünert
	27.	Retinal Ganglion Cell Excitability Andrew T. Ishida
	28.	Direction Selectivity in Retinal Ganglion Cells Richard H. Masland
	29.	Spatial Regularity among Retinal Neurons Jeremy E. Cook
IV.	ORGANIZATION OF VISUAL PATHWAYS
	30.	The M, P, and K Pathways of the Primate Visual System Ehud Kaplan
	31.	Parallel Visual Pathways: A Comparative Perspective Vivien A. Casagrande and Xiangmin Xu
	32.	Organization of Visual Areas in Macaque and Human Cerebral Cortex David C. Van Essen
	33.	Communications between Cortical Areas of the Visual System Jean Bullier
	34.	Ventral and Dorsal Cortical Processing Streams Leslie G. Ungerleider and Tatiana Pasternak
V.	SUBCORTICAL PROCESSING
	35.	The Visual Relays in the Thalamus S. Murray Sherman and R. W. Guillery
	36.	The Visual Functions of the Pulvinar Christian Casanova
	37.	Feedback Systems in Visual Processing Adam M. Sillito and Helen E. Jones
	38.	Light Responsiveness and Photic Entrainment of the Mammalian Circadian Clock Johanna H. Meijer and Joseph S. Takahashi
	39.	Learning from the Pupil: Studies of Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Applications John L. Barbur
	40.	Blindsight Larry Weiskrantz
VI.	PROCESSING IN PRIMARY VISUAL CORTEX
	41.	Functional Connectivity in the Pathway from Retina to Striate Cortex R. CLAY REID and W. MARTIN USREY
	42.	Cell Types and Local Circuits in Primary Visual Cortex of the Macaque Monkey EDWARD M. CALLAWAY and
	43.	Assembly of Receptive Fields in Primary Visual Cortex DAVID FERSTER and
	44.	A Modern View of the Classical Receptive Field: Linear and Nonlinear Spatiotemporal Processing by V1 Neurons GREGORY C. DEANGELIS and AKIYUKI ANZAI
	45.	Beyond the Classical Receptive Field: Contextual Modulation of V1 Responses VICTOR A. F. LAMME
	46.	Contributions of Vertical and Horizontal Circuits to the Response Properties of Neurons in Primary Visual Cortex Thomas R. Tucker and David Fitzpatrick
	47.	Nonlinear Properties of Visual Cortex Neurons: Temporal Dynamics, Stimulus Selectivity, Neural Performance DUANE G. ALBRECHT and WILSON S. GEISLER and ALISON M. CRANE
	48.	Binocular Interaction in the Visual Cortex RALPH D. FREEMAN
	49.	From Binocular Disparity to the Perception of Stereoscopic Depth ANDREW J. PARKER
VII.	DETECTION AND SAMPLING
	50.	Formation and Acquisition of the Retinal Image David R. Williams and Heidi Hofer
	51.	Thresholds and Noise Theodore E. Cohn
	52.	Ideal Observer Analysis Wilson S. Geisler
	53.	Scotopic Vision Walter Makous
	54.	Visual Adaptation Adam Reeves
	55.	Rod-Cone Interactions in Human Vision Steven L. Buck
VIII.	BRIGHTNESS AND COLOR
	56.	Brightness and Lightness Adriana Fiorentini
	57.	Color Appearance Kenneth Knoblauch and Steven K. Shevell
	58.	Chromatic Discrimination Joel Pokorny and Vivianne C. Smith
	59.	The Role of Color in Spatial Vision Karen K. De Valois
	60.	Pattern-Selective Adaptation in Color and Form Perception Michael A. Webster
	61.	Color Constancy David H. Brainard
	62.	Comparative Color Vision Gerald H. Jacobs
	63.	Molecular Genetics of Human Color Vision and Color Vision Defects Maureen Neitz and Jay Neitz
	64.	Linking Retinal Circuits to Color Opponency David J. Calkins
	65.	Neural Coding of Color Russell L. De Valois
	66.	The Processing of Color in Extrastriate Cortex Karl R. Gegenfurtner and Daniel C. Kiper
	67.	Improbable Areas in Color Vision Semir Zeki
IX.	FORM, SHAPE, AND OBJECT RECOGNITION
	68.	Spatial Scale in Visual Processing Robert F. Hess
	69.	Spatial Channels in Vision and Spatial Pooling Hugh R. Wilson and Frances Wilkinson
	70.	Contour Integration and the Lateral Connections of V1 Neurons David J. Field and Anthony Hayes
	71.	Shape Dimensions and Object Primitives Charles E. Connor
	72.	Shape and Shading Jan J. Koenderink and Andrea J. van Doorn
	73.	Visual Perception of Texture Michael S. Landy and Norma Graham
	74.	Visual Segmentation and Illusory Contours Robert Shapley, Nava Rubin and Dario Ringach
	75.	Global Yet Early Processing of Visual Surfaces Yukiyasu Kamitani and Shinsuke Shimojo
	76.	Image Parsing Mechanisms of the Visual Cortex Rüdiger von der Heydt
	77.	Inferotemporal Response Properties Keiji Tanaka
	78.	Invariant Object and Face Recognition Edmund T. Rolls
	79.	The Ventral Visual Object Pathway in Humans: Evidence from fMRI Nancy Kanwisher
X.	MOTION, DEPTH, AND SPATIAL RELATIONS
	80.	Motion Cues in Insect Vision and Navigation Mandyam Srinivasan and Shaowu Zhang
	81.	The Middle Temporal Area: Motion Processing and the Link to Perception Kenneth H. Britten
	82.	Merging Processing Streams: Color Cues for Motion Detection and Interpretation Karen R. Dobkins and Thomas D. Albright
	83.	Functional Mapping of Motion Regions Guy A. Orban and Wim Vanduffel
	84.	Optic Flow William H. Warren
	85.	The Cortical Analysis of Optic Flow Charles J. Duffy
	86.	The Perceptual Organization of Depth Roland Fleming and Barton L. Anderson
	87.	Stereopsis Clifton M. Schor
	88.	Binocular Rivalry Randolph Blake
	89.	Sensorimotor Transformation in the Posterior Parietal Cortex Hansjörg Scherberger and Richard A. Andersen
XI.	EYE MOVEMENTS
	90.	Gaze Control under Natural Conditions ROBERT M. STEINMAN
	91.	Eye Movements in Daily Life MICHAEL F. LAND
	92.	Selection of Targets for Saccadic Eye Movements JEFFREY D. SCHALL
	93.	Visual Perception during Saccades DAVID C. BURR and M. CONCETTA MORRONE
	94.	Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements: Recent Advances STEPHEN J. HEINEN and EDWARD L. KELLER
	95.	Neural Control of Vergence Eye Movements LAWRENCE E. MAYS
	96.	The Primate Frontal Eye Field CHARLES J. BRUCE and HARRIET R. FRIEDMAN and MICHAEL S. KRAUS and GREGORY B. STANTON
	97.	Changing Views of the Role of Superior Colliculus in the Control of Gaze NEERAJ J. GANDHI and DAVID L. SPARKS
	98.	The Dialogue between Cerebral Cortex and Superior Colliculus: Implications for Saccadic Target Selection and Corollary Discharge MARC A. SOMMER and ROBERT H. WURTZ
	99.	Cerebellar Control of Eye Movements DAVID S. ZEE and MARK F. WALKER
XII.	ATTENTION AND COGNITION
	100.	Visual Perception and Cognition in Honeybees SHAOWU ZHANG and MANDYAM SRINIVASAN
	101.	A Neural Basis for Human Visual Attention SABINE KASTNER
	102.	Neural and Behavioral Measures of Change Detection DANIEL J. SIMONS and MICHAEL SILVERMAN
	103.	The Role of Attention in Visual Cerebral Cortex JOHN H. R. MAUNSELL
	104.	Volition and the Prefrontal Cortex EARL K. MILLER and JONATHAN D. WALLIS
XIII.	THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
	105.	The Evolution of the Visual System in Primates JON H. KAAS
	106.	Gestalt Factors in the Visual Neurosciences LOTHAR SPILLMANN and WALTER H. EHRENSTEIN
	107.	Neural Mechanisms of Natural Scene Perception JACK L. GALLANT
	108.	Principles of Image Representation in Visual Cortex BRUNO A. OLSHAUSEN
	109.	Local Analysis of Visual Motion EERO P. SIMONCELLI
	110.	Visual Boundaries and Surfaces STEPHEN GROSSBERG
	111.	How the Visual Cortex Recognizes Objects: The Tale of the Standard Model MAXIMILIAN RIESENHUBER and TOMASO POGGIO
	112.	Plasticity of Orientation Processing in Adult Visual Cortex VALENTIN DRAGOI and MRIGANKA SUR
	113.	Synchrony, Oscillations, and Relational Codes WOLF SINGER
	114.	The Neuronal Basis of Visual Consciousness CHRISTOF KOCH and FRANCIS CRICK