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    Visual perception : a clinical orientation / Steven H. Schwartz.

    • Title:Visual perception : a clinical orientation / Steven H. Schwartz.
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    • Author/Creator:Schwartz, Steven H., author.
    • Published/Created:New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Education, [2017]
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Vision.
      Visual perception.
      Vision disorders.
    • Medical Subjects: Visual Perception.
      Vision, Ocular.
    • Edition:Fifth edition.
    • Description:xiv, 427 pages ; 25 cm
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9781259585012 hardcover ; alkaline paper
      1259585018 hardcover ; alkaline paper
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Experimental Approaches
      2. Introductory Concepts
      Very Basic Ocular Anatomy
      Basic Retinal Anatomy and Postretinal Pathways
      Electromagnetic Spectrum
      Transmission Characteristics of the Eye
      Summary
      Self-Assessment Questions
      3. 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
      Inverse Square Law
      Specification of Light Sources
      Filters
      Summary
      Self-Assessment Questions
      5. Color Vision
      Trichromatic Theory
      Molecular Genetics of Cone Photopigments
      Color Labels
      Wavelength Discrimination
      Color Constancy
      Physiological Basis of Color Vision
      CIE Color System
      Summary
      Self-Assessment Questions
      6. Anomalies of Color Vision
      Classification
      Basic Data of Inherited Red-Green Color Vision Anomalies
      Color Labeling
      Inheritance of Anomalous Color Vision
      Molecular Genetics of Red-Green Color Vision Anomalies
      Acquired Color Vision Anomalies
      Achromatopsias
      Chromatopsias
      Color Vision Tests
      Nagel Anomaloscope
      Additional Clinical Considerations
      Summary
      Self-Assessment Questions
      7. Spatial Vision
      Sine-Wave Gratings
      Spatial Modulation Transfer Function of a Lens
      Human Contrast Sensitivity Function
      CSF High-Frequency Cutoff
      CSF Low-Frequency Drop Off
      Visual System as a Fourier Analyzer
      Relationship of High-Frequency CSF Cutoff to Snellen Acuity
      High-Pass Visual Acuity
      Clinical Implications of the CSF
      Clinical Determination of the CSF
      Other Forms of Visual Acuity
      Summary
      Self-Assessment Questions
      8. Temporal Vision
      Stimulus Considerations
      Temporal Modulation Transfer Functions
      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 Questions
      10. Depth Perception
      Monocular Depth Cues
      Binocular Depth Cues
      Size Illusions
      Additional Clinical Considerations
      Summary
      Self-Assessment Questions
      11. Psychophysical Methodology
      Threshold: Basic Concepts
      Threshold Determination
      Signal Detection Theory
      Weber's Law
      Summary
      Self-Assessment Questions
      12. Functional Retinal Physiology
      Receptive Fields of Ganglion Cells
      Photoreceptors
      Horizontal Cells
      Bipolar Cells
      Amacrine Cells
      Ganglion Cells
      Additional Clinical Considerations
      Summary
      Self-Assessment Questions
      13. Parallel Processing
      Parallel Retinocortical Pathways
      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 Cortex 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
      Word About Visual Attention
      Visual Agnosias
      Visual Neglect and Synesthesia
      Phantom Vision
      Are There Grandmother Cells?
      Can Vision Be Trained?
      Summary
      Self-Assessment Questions
      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 Myopia
      Development of Grating Acuity
      Development of Other Visual Capabilities
      Additional Clinical Considerations
      Vision in the Later Years
      Self-Assessment Questions
      Answers to Self-Assessment Questions
      ch. 2 Introductory Concepts
      ch. 3 Duplex Retina
      ch. 4 Photometry
      ch. 5 Color Vision
      ch. 6 Anomalies of Color Vision
      ch. 7 Spatial Vision
      ch. 8 Temporal Vision
      ch. 9 Motion Perception
      ch. 10 Depth Perception
      ch. 11 Psychophysical Methodology
      ch. 12 Functional Retinal Physiology
      ch. 13 Parallel Processing
      ch. 14 Striate Cortex
      ch. 15 Information Streams and Extrastriate Processing
      ch. 16 Gross Electrical Potentials
      ch. 17 Development and Maturation of Vision.
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