| The empirical basis of color perception. | |
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PMID: 12470626 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Rationalizing the perceptual effects of spectral stimuli has been a major challenge in vision science for at least the last 200 years. Here we review evidence that this otherwise puzzling body of phenomenology is generated by an empirical strategy of perception in which the color an observer sees is entirely determined by the probability distribution of the possible sources of the stimulus. The rationale for this strategy in color vision, as in other visual perceptual domains, is the inherent ambiguity of the real-world origins of any spectral stimulus. |
Authors:
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R Beau Lotto; Dale Purves |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Consciousness and cognition Volume: 11 ISSN: 1053-8100 ISO Abbreviation: Conscious Cogn Publication Date: 2002 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2002-12-09 Completed Date: 2003-04-08 Revised Date: 2005-11-16 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9303140 Medline TA: Conscious Cogn Country: United States |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 609-29 Citation Subset: IM |
Copyright Information:
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Copyright 2002 Elsevier Science (USA) |
Affiliation:
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Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3209, DUMC, Durham, NC 27710, USA. |
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Color Perception
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physiology* Humans Light Photic Stimulation Probability* |
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