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Schwartz, Steven. Visual Perception: A Clinical Orientation, Fourth Edition. McGraw-Hill Medical, 2009.

Visual Perception: A Clinical Orientation, Fourth Edition

Authors: Steven Schwartz

Published:  December 2009

eISBN: 9780071604628 0071604626 | ISBN: 9780071604611
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  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Experimental Approaches
  • 2. Introductory Concepts
  • Very Basic Ocular Anatomy
  • Basic Retinal Anatomy and Postretinal Pathways
  • Electromagnetic Spectrum
  • Transmission Characteristics of the Eye
  • Summary
  • 3. The Duplex Retina
  • Basic Distinctions Between Scotopic and Photopic Vision
  • Morphological Distinctions Between Rods and Cones
  • Photopigments in Rods and Cones
  • Retinal Distribution of Photoreceptors
  • Dark Adaptation
  • Light Adaptation
  • Spatial Resolution and Spatial Summation
  • Temporal Resolution and Temporal Summation
  • Stiles–Crawford Effect of the First Kind
  • Additional Clinical Considerations
  • Summary
  • Self-Assessment Questions
  • 4. Photometry
  • Photometry and Radiometry: Basic Concepts and Units
  • Cosine Diffusers
  • Inverse Square Law
  • Retinal Illumination
  • Scotopic Units
  • Derivation of the Photopic Luminosity Function
  • Specification of Light Sources
  • Filters
  • Summary
  • Self-Assessment Questions
  • 5. Color Vision
  • Trichromatic Theory
  • Absorption Spectra of the Cone Photopigments
  • Grassman’s Laws of Metamers
  • Color Labels
  • Wavelength Discrimination
  • Bezold–Brücke Phenomenon
  • Color Constancy
  • Physiological Basis of Color Vision
  • Munsell Color Appearance System
  • CIE Color Specification System
  • Summary
  • Self-Assessment Questions
  • 6. Anomalies of Color Vision
  • Classification
  • Basic Data of Inherited Color Vision Anomalies
  • Color Labeling
  • Inheritance of Anomalous Color Vision
  • Molecular Genetics of Red–Green Color Vision Anomalies
  • Acquired Color Vision Anomalies
  • Achromatopsias
  • Chromatopsias
  • Standard Color Vision Tests
  • Nagel Anomaloscope
  • Additional Clinical Considerations
  • Summary
  • Self-Assessment Questions
  • 7. Spatial Vision
  • Sine Wave Gratings
  • Fourier Analysis: Basic Introduction
  • Spatial Modulation Transfer Function of a Lens
  • The Human Contrast Sensitivity Function
  • CSF High-Frequency Cutoff
  • CSF Low-Frequency Drop-Off
  • The Visual System as a Fourier Analyzer
  • Relationship of CSF to Snellen Acuity
  • Clinical Implications of the CSF
  • Clinical Determination of the CSF
  • Other Forms of Visual Acuity
  • Summary
  • Self-Assessment Questions
  • 8. Temporal Aspects of Vision
  • Stimulus Considerations
  • Temporal Modulation Transfer Functions
  • More on the CFF
  • Other Temporal Visual Effects
  • Masking
  • Additional Clinical Considerations
  • Summary
  • Self-Assessment Questions
  • 9. Motion Perception
  • Stimuli Used to Study Motion Perception
  • Dorsal Processing Stream
  • Roles of Luminance and Color
  • Dynamic Visual Acuity
  • Saccadic Suppression
  • Additional Clinical Considerations
  • Summary
  • Self-Assessment Question
  • 10. Depth Perception
  • Monocular Depth Cues
  • Binocular Depth Cues
  • Size Illusions
  • Additional Clinical Considerations
  • Summary
  • Self-Assessment Question
  • 11. Psychophysical Methodology
  • Threshold
  • Determination of Threshold
  • Signal Detection Theory
  • Weber’s Law
  • Magnitude of Sensation
  • Summary
  • Self-Assessment Questions
  • 12. Functional Retinal Physiology
  • The Retina
  • Receptive Fields of Ganglion Cells
  • Recording from Retinal Neurons
  • Photoreceptors
  • Horizontal Cells
  • Bipolar Cells
  • Amacrine Cells
  • Ganglion Cells
  • Additional Clinical Considerations
  • Summary
  • Self-Assessment Questions
  • 13. Parallel Processing
  • What the Frog’s Eye Tells Its Brain
  • X- and Y-Cells
  • Parvo and Magno Cells
  • Functions of the Parvo and Magno Pathways
  • Additional Clinical Considerations
  • Summary
  • Self-Assessment Questions
  • 14. Striate Cortex
  • Basic Organization of the Cortex
  • Simple and Complex Cells
  • Edges or Gratings
  • Striate Cortical Architecture
  • Additional Clinical Considerations
  • Summary
  • Self-Assessment Questions
  • 15. Information Streams and Extrastriate Processing
  • Information Diverges Beyond Striate Cortex
  • Cortical Modularity
  • Role of Area MT/V5 in Motion Perception
  • IT and Form Perception
  • Role of V4 in Binocular Rivalry
  • A Word About Visual Attention
  • Visual Agnosias
  • Phantom Vision
  • Are There Grandmother Cells?
  • Can Vision Be Trained?
  • A Word of Caution
  • Summary
  • Self-Assessment Question
  • 16. Gross Electrical Potentials
  • Electrooculogram
  • Electroretinogram
  • Visually Evoked Potentials
  • Summary
  • Self-Assessment Questions
  • 17. Development and Maturation of Vision
  • Deprivation Studies
  • Amblyopia
  • Meridional Amblyopia
  • Perceptual Consequences of Bilateral Visual Deprivation
  • Development of Refractive Errors
  • Development of Grating Acuity
  • Development of Other Visual Attributes
  • Additional Clinical Considerations
  • Vision in the Later Years
  • Self-Assessment Questions
  • Answers to Self-Assessment Questions
  • Chapter 3: The Duplex Retina
  • Chapter 4: Photometry
  • Chapter 5: Color Vision
  • Chapter 6: Anomalies of Color Vision
  • Chapter 7: Spatial Vision
  • Chapter 8: Temporal Aspects of Vision
  • Chapter 9: Motion Perception
  • Chapter 10: Depth Perception
  • Chapter 11: Psychophysical Methodology
  • Chapter 12: Functional Retinal Physiology
  • Chapter 13: Parallel Processing
  • Chapter 14: Striate Cortex
  • Chapter 15: Information Streams and Extrastriate Processing
  • Chapter 16: Gross Electrical Potentials
  • Chapter 17: Development and Maturation of Vision
  • Practice Examinations
  • Practice Examination 1
  • Practice Examination 2
  • Practice Examination 3
  • Answers to Practice Examinations
  • Answers to Practice Examination 1
  • Answers to Practice Examination 2
  • Answers to Practice Examination 3
  • References
  • Index