Chromatic aberration and the roles of double-opponent and color-luminance neurons in color vision

Tony Vladusich

doi:10.1016/j.neunet.2006.11.004

Chromatic aberration and the roles of double-opponent and color-luminance neurons in color vision

Neural Netw. 2007 Mar;20(2):153-5. doi: 10.1016/j.neunet.2006.11.004. Epub 2006 Dec 19.

Author

Tony Vladusich¹

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Experimental Ophthalmology and NeuroImaging Centre, School of Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, PO Box 30.001, Groningen 9700 RB, The Netherlands. t.vladusich@med.umcg.nl

PMID: 17182217
DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2006.11.004

Abstract

How does the visual cortex encode color? I summarize a theory in which cortical double-opponent color neurons perform a role in color constancy and a complementary set of color-luminance neurons function to selectively correct for color fringes induced by chromatic aberration in the eye. The theory may help to resolve an ongoing debate concerning the functional properties of cortical receptive fields involved in color coding.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Color Perception*
Color*
Models, Neurological
Neurons / physiology*
Vision, Ocular / physiology*
Visual Cortex / cytology