HUMAN COLOR PERCEPTION AS A NEURAL COMPUTATION
Spring 2023--proposed syllabus
Instructor: Robert Shapley
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1. Human perception of color: Phenomenology
2. Light and color https://www.colorlitelens.com/ishihara-test Ishihara test https://www.color-blindness.com/color-arrangement-test/ 15 hue arrangement
Riggs (1965) Light as a stimulus for vision pp. 1-11, 17-19, Fig 1-28, Table 1.5, in Vision and
Visual Perception, ed. Graham, Chapter 1
http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/col-flicker/index.html
http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/col-mix/index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIE_1931_color_space
3. Cone Photoreceptors
Baylor, Nunn, Schnapf (1987) Spectral sensitivity of cones of the monkey Macaca fascicularis J Physiol 390:145-160
4. Evolution of color vision in primates
Jacobs (2008) Primate color vision: A comparative perspective Vis Neurosci 25: 619-633
5. Color-opponent neurons: Retina
Review of primate retina
Lee, Martin, Grünert (2010) Retinal connectivity and primate vision Prog Retinal Eye Res 29:622-639
6. Color opponent neurons: LGN I
Derrington, Krauskopf, Lennie (1984) Chromatic mechanisms in lateral geniculate nucleus of macaque J Physiol 357:241-265
7. Color opponent neurons: LGN I
Derrington, Krauskopf, Lennie (1984) Chromatic mechanisms in lateral geniculate nucleus of macaque J Physiol 357:241-265
8. Color opponent neurons: LGN II
Reid, Shapley (2002) Space and time maps of cone photoreceptor signals in macaque lateral
geniculate nucleus J Neurosci 22:6158-6175
9. Color coding in primary visual cortex I
Livingstone, Hubel (1984) Anatomy and physiology of a color system in the primate visual cortex J Neurosci 4:309-325 (Figures 1-15) and 346-353 (Discussion)
10. Color coding in primary visual cortex II
Friedman, Zhou, von der Heydt (2003) The coding of uniform colour figures in monkey visual cortex. J Physiol 548:593– 613
11. Color coding in primary visual cortex III
Johnson, Hawken, Shapley (2008) The orientation selectivity of color-responsive neurons in macaque V1 J Neurosci 28:8096-8106
12. Color in human visual cortex–
Shapley, Nunez, Gordon (2019) Cortical double-opponent cells and human color perception
Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 2019, 30:1–7
12. Term Paper Presentations
The term paper will be an analysis of a paper on neuroscience of color vision. There will be a list of suggested papers but each student can also find a paper that is not on the suggested list she/he would like to write about, and seek the professor's approval.
Term papers should be 10 pages of text or less, with figures as needed.