Processing of Information in the Human Visual System

This chapter contains sections titled: Preface Design and Structure of the Eye Optical Aberrations and Consequences for Visual Performance Chromatic Aberration Neural Adaptation to Monochromatic Aberrations Optimizing Retinal Processing with Limited Cell Numbers, Space and Energy Adaptation to Different Light Levels Rod and Cone Responses Spiking and Coding Temporal and Spatial Performance ON/OFF Structure, Division of the Whole Illuminance Amplitude in Two Segments Consequences of the Rod and Cone Diversity on Retinal Wiring Motion Sensitivity in the Retina Visual Information Processing in Higher Centers Morphology Functional Aspects – Receptive Field Structures and Cortical Modules Effects of Attention Color Vision, Color Constancy, and Color Contrast Depth Perception Adaptation in the Visual System to Color, Spatial, and Temporal Contrast Conclusions