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View article: Do color similarity judgments vary with age, and do they reveal anything about qualia?
Do color similarity judgments vary with age, and do they reveal anything about qualia? Open
View article: An investigation of perceptual experience in hue-rotated Altered Reality
An investigation of perceptual experience in hue-rotated Altered Reality Open
View article: A standardized nomenclature for the rods and cones of the vertebrate retina
A standardized nomenclature for the rods and cones of the vertebrate retina Open
Vertebrate photoreceptors have been studied for well over a century, but a fixed nomenclature for referring to orthologous cell types across diverse species has been lacking. Instead, photoreceptors have been variably—and often confusingly…
View article: Contributed talks II: Colour-selective regions of visual cortex are responsive to the colour statistics of objects
Contributed talks II: Colour-selective regions of visual cortex are responsive to the colour statistics of objects Open
It has been suggested that objects are more likely to be warmer in colour, redder and more saturated than the background. Here, we investigate the colour statistics of objects, and the brain regions that are responsive to these statistics.…
View article: Contributed talks II: Environmental calibration of perceived white
Contributed talks II: Environmental calibration of perceived white Open
It has been proposed that colour perception is calibrated to the chromatic statistics of the environment. Here we investigate whether perceived white is calibrated to the chromatic statistics of the local current 'visual diet'. We compare …
View article: Poster Session: Measuring the limits of long-term adaptation to hue-rotated altered reality
Poster Session: Measuring the limits of long-term adaptation to hue-rotated altered reality Open
The visual system adapts to chromatic changes by altering its sensitivity to the environment. Research on chromatic adaptation under natural viewing has exposed observers to simple transformations using filters or lenses (Neitz et al.,2002…
View article: The edge orientation entropy of natural scenes is associated with infant visual preferences and adult aesthetic judgements
The edge orientation entropy of natural scenes is associated with infant visual preferences and adult aesthetic judgements Open
Statistical regularities of oriented edges in natural scenes, ‘edge co-occurrence statistics’, are associated with adults’ aesthetic responses, with greater preference for some images when the degree of randomness in the orientation of edg…
View article: A Standardized Nomenclature for the Rods and Cones of the Vertebrate Retina
A Standardized Nomenclature for the Rods and Cones of the Vertebrate Retina Open
We propose a standardized naming system for vertebrate visual photoreceptors (i.e., rods and cones) that reflects our current understanding of their evolutionary history. Vertebrate photoreceptors have been studied for well over a century,…
View article: A Standardized Nomenclature for the Rods and Cones of the Vertebrate Retina
A Standardized Nomenclature for the Rods and Cones of the Vertebrate Retina Open
We propose a standardized naming system for vertebrate visual photoreceptors (i.e., rods and cones) that reflects our current understanding of their evolutionary history. Vertebrate photoreceptors have been studied for well over a century,…
View article: Effects of visual diet on colour discrimination and preference
Effects of visual diet on colour discrimination and preference Open
To what extent is perception shaped by low-level statistical regularities of our visual environments and on what time scales? We characterized the chromatic ‘visual diets’ of people living in remote rainforest and urban environments, using…
View article: The perceived beauty of art is not strongly calibrated to the statistical regularities of real-world scenes
The perceived beauty of art is not strongly calibrated to the statistical regularities of real-world scenes Open
View article: Empirical tests of the effectiveness of EnChroma multi-notch filters for enhancing color vision in deuteranomaly
Empirical tests of the effectiveness of EnChroma multi-notch filters for enhancing color vision in deuteranomaly Open
Manufacturers of notch filter-based aids for color vision claim that their products can enhance color perception for people with anomalous trichromacy, a form of color vision deficiency (CVD). Anecdotal reports imply that people with CVD c…
View article: Effects of visual diet on color perception and aesthetics
Effects of visual diet on color perception and aesthetics Open
To what extent are perception and aesthetics shaped by low-level statistical regularities of our visual environments, and on what time scales? We characterized the chromatic statistics of the ‘visual diets’ of people living in remote rainf…
View article: Screening for colour vision deficiency is needed in all children, not just those born prematurely
Screening for colour vision deficiency is needed in all children, not just those born prematurely Open
Colour is helpful for daily life in many ways: colour cues enable us to tell if food is ripe or raw; the colour of the blush or pallor of someone's skin aids our interpretation of their health and emotional state; and colour enables us to …
View article: The relationship between image statistics and aesthetic preference for art and natural scenes
The relationship between image statistics and aesthetic preference for art and natural scenes Open
Empirical aesthetics has identified relationships between quantifiable characteristics of visual scenes and the aesthetic preferences observers show for them. We investigated the relationship between aesthetics and scene characteristics us…
View article: Color discrimination and chromatic balance perception after adaptation to natural and color-reflected scenes.
Color discrimination and chromatic balance perception after adaptation to natural and color-reflected scenes. Open
The chromatic distributions of natural scenes are biased in a blue-yellow direction (Nascimento et al., 2002, JOSA A, 19(8), 1484–1490). Existing research suggests a possible link between natural scene statistics and color discrimination (…
View article: Chromatic and spatial image statistics predict infants’ visual preferences and adults’ aesthetic preferences for art
Chromatic and spatial image statistics predict infants’ visual preferences and adults’ aesthetic preferences for art Open
Aesthetics has been characterized as a triadic interaction of perceptual, emotional, and conceptual neural systems (e.g., Chatterjee & Vartanian, 2014). There has been much empirical effort to identify the visual features that contribute t…
View article: Infants are sensitive to the Edge Orientation Entropy of Natural Scenes
Infants are sensitive to the Edge Orientation Entropy of Natural Scenes Open
Regularities in edge orientations aid efficient recognition and categorization of scenes and objects (Geisler, 2001; Perrinet & Bednar, 2015; Sigman et al., 2001). The spatial distribution and relationships of oriented edges (Edge Orientat…
View article: Empirical tests of the effectiveness of EnChroma multi-notch filters for enhancing color vision in anomalous trichromacy
Empirical tests of the effectiveness of EnChroma multi-notch filters for enhancing color vision in anomalous trichromacy Open
Manufacturers of notch filter-based aids for color vision claim that their products can enhance color perception for people with anomalous trichromacy, a form of color vision deficiency (CVD). Anecdotal reports imply that people with CVD c…
View article: Colour vision is aligned with natural scene statistics at 4 months of age
Colour vision is aligned with natural scene statistics at 4 months of age Open
Visual perception in adult humans is thought to be tuned to represent the statistical regularities of natural scenes. For example, in adults, visual sensitivity to different hues shows an asymmetry which coincides with the statistical regu…
View article: Color-biased regions in the ventral visual pathway are food selective
Color-biased regions in the ventral visual pathway are food selective Open
View article: A test of the ecological valence theory of color preference, the case of Arabic
A test of the ecological valence theory of color preference, the case of Arabic Open
Humans have systematic and reliable color preferences. The dominant account of color preference is that individuals like some colors more than others due to the valence of objects that they associate with colors (Ecological Valence Theory)…
View article: Calibrating vision: Concepts and questions
Calibrating vision: Concepts and questions Open
View article: The Development of Color Perception and Cognition
The Development of Color Perception and Cognition Open
Color is a pervasive feature of our psychological experience, having a role in many aspects of human mind and behavior such as basic vision, scene perception, object recognition, aesthetics, and communication. Understanding how humans enco…
View article: Colour vision is aligned with natural scene statistics at 4 months of age
Colour vision is aligned with natural scene statistics at 4 months of age Open
Visual perception in adult humans is thought to be optimised to represent the statistical regularities of natural scenes (Parraga et al., 2000; Simoncelli, 2003). For example, in adults, visual sensitivity to different hues shows an asymme…
View article: Color-biased regions in the ventral visual pathway are food-selective
Color-biased regions in the ventral visual pathway are food-selective Open
The ventral visual pathway is well known to be involved in recognizing and categorizing objects (Kanwisher and Dilks, 2013). Three color-biased areas have also been found between face and place selective areas in the ventral visual pathway…
View article: Infant color perception: Insight into perceptual development
Infant color perception: Insight into perceptual development Open
A remarkable amount of perceptual development occurs in the first year after birth. In this article, we spotlight the case of color perception. We outline how within just 6 months, infants go from very limited detection of color as newborn…
View article: Is color discrimination influenced by the chromatic statistics of different visual environments?
Is color discrimination influenced by the chromatic statistics of different visual environments? Open
The distribution of chromaticities in natural scenes is elongated along the blue-yellow axis. Color discrimination thresholds are also poorest along the blue-yellow axis, which may reflect calibration of color vision to the visual environm…
View article: Color-selective brain responses and hue representations from ultra-high-field fMRI of natural scenes
Color-selective brain responses and hue representations from ultra-high-field fMRI of natural scenes Open
Color selectivity in early visual cortical regions has been relatively well studied using fMRI, but less is known about responsiveness to chromatic stimuli in cortical regions beyond V4. One study by Lafer-Sousa et al. (J. Neurosci., 2016)…
View article: Measuring the human “chromatic diet” and its relation to preference for color distributions across cultures
Measuring the human “chromatic diet” and its relation to preference for color distributions across cultures Open
Visual preferences for artworks and scenes tend to align with regularities in spatial scene statistics of the natural world (Graham & Field, 2008, Spatial Vision, 21, 149-64). Similarly, preference is highest for color distributions which …