CNV: Background readings in vision
This page contains various lists of classic papers in vision, as a
guide for those who want to follow up on specific topics. These items
are not examinable. The lists contain many duplicates, as they
were compiled at different times by different people. The most
recently compiled lists are given first. More recent advances are not
covered; these focus on the seminal papers in each area instead.
Specific suggested background readings for each lecture, if any,
are listed on the Lecture notes page.
(Required, i.e., examinable, readings are also listed there.)
From a CVNet posting by Yury Petrov, 22 December 2006.
- Treisman, A.M., Gelade, G. (1980)
A feature-integration theory of attention.
Cognitive psychology, 12 (1), pp. 97-136.
Cited 1702 times.
- Felleman, D.J., Van Essen, D.C. (1991)
Distributed hierarchical processing in the primate cerebral cortex
Cerebral Cortex, 1 (1), pp. 1-47.
Cited 1340 times.
- Kanwisher, N., McDermott, J., Chun, M.M. (1997)
The fusiform face area: A module in human extrastriate cortex
specialized for face perception, Journal of Neuroscience, 17
(11), pp. 4302-4311.
Cited 1056 times.
- Biederman, I. (1987)
Recognition-by-components: a theory of human image understanding.
Psychological review, 94 (2), pp. 115-147.
Cited 1008 times.
- MacLeod, C.M. (1991)
Half a century of reseach on the stroop effect: An integrative review,
Psychological Bulletin, 109 (2), pp. 163-203.
Cited 998 times.
- Goodale, M.A., David Milner, A. (1992)
Separate visual pathways for perception and action
Trends in Neurosciences, 15 (1), pp. 20-25.
Cited 803 times.
- Corbetta, M., Miezin, F.M., Dobmeyer, S., Shulman, G.L., Petersen, S.E. (1991)
Selective and divided attention during visual discriminations of
shape, color, and speed: Functional anatomy by positron emission tomography,
Journal of Neuroscience, 11 (8), pp. 2383-2402.
Cited 723 times.
- Zeki, S., Watson, J.D.G., Lueck, C.J., Friston, K.J., Kennard, C., Frackowiak, R.S.J. (1991)
A direct demonstration of functional specialization in human visual cortex
Journal of Neuroscience, 11 (3), pp. 641-649.
Cited 573 times.
- Treisman, A., Gormican, S. (1988)
Feature analysis in early vision: evidence from search asymmetries.
Psychological review, 95 (1), pp. 15-48.
Cited 542 times.
- Tootell, R.B.H., Reppas, J.B., Kwong, K.K., Malach, R., Born, R.T., Brady, T.J., Rosen, B.R., Belliveau, J.W. (1995)
Functional analysis of human MT and related visual cortical areas
using magnetic resonance imaging,
Journal of Neuroscience, 15(4), pp. 3215-3230.
Cited 514 times.
Michael Crossland pointed out the Scopus search skips other papers
that ISI Web of Science lists as being much more widely cited:
- Hubel, D. H. and Wiesel, T. (1962).
Receptive fields, binocular interaction, and functional architecture
in the cat's visual cortex,
J. Physiol. 160: 106-154.
Cited 4850 times.
- Wong-Riley,
Brain Research 1989
Cited 1255 times.
- Blakemore, C., & Campbell, F. W. (1969).
On the existence of neurones in the human visual system selectively
sensitive to the orientation and size of retinal images.
J Physiol, 203, 237-260.
Cited 1086 times.
Taught by Aniruddha Das, Vince Ferrera, Mickey Goldberg, Jackie
Gottlieb, Ning Qian, and Daniel Salzman; syllabus posted to CVNet
by Vincent Ferrera on 23 Dec 2006.
- Retina and LGN
- Kuffler, S. W. (1953).
Discharge patterns and functional organization of the mammalian retina,
J. Neurophysiol. 16: 37-68.
- Schiller, P. H. and Malpeli, J. G. (1978).
Functional specificity of lateral geniculate nucleus laminae of the rhesus monkey,
J. Neurophysiol. 41: 788-797.
- Reid, R. C. and Alonso, J. M. (1995).
Specificity of monosynaptic connections from thalamus to visual cortex,
Nature 378: 281-284.
- Dong, D. W. and Atick, J. J. (1995).
Temporal decorrelation: A theory of lagged and nonlagged responses in the lateral geniculate nucleus,
Network: Comput. Neural Sys. 6: 159-178.
- V1 Orientation
- Hubel, D. H. and Wiesel, T. (1962).
Receptive fields, binocular interaction, and functional architecture
in the cat's visual cortex,
J. Physiol. 160: 106-154.
- Hubel, D. H. and Wiesel, T. (1968).
Receptive fields and functional architecture of the monkey striate cortex,
J. Physiol. 195: 215-243.
- Bradley, A., Scotun, B. C., Ohzawa, I., Sclar, G. and Freeman, R. D. (1987).
Visual orientation and spatial frequency discrimination: A comparison
of single neurons and behavior,
J. Neurophysiol. 57: 755-772.
- Somers, D. C., Nelson, S. B. and Sur, M. (1995).
An emergent model of orientation selectivity in cat visual cortical
simple cells,
J. Neurosci. 15: 5448-5465.
- Troyer, T. W., Krukowski, A. E., Priebe, N. J. and Miller, K. D. (1998).
Contrast-invariant orientation tuning in cat visual cortex: thalamocortical input
tuning and corrlation-based intracortical connectivity,
J. Neurosci. 18: 5908-5927.
- Teich, A. F. and Qian, N. (2001).
Learning and adaptation in a recurrent model of orientation selectivity,
J. Neurophysiol. 89: 2086-2100.
- Early Vision and Form Processing
- Ts'o, D. Y., Gilbert, C. D. and Wiesel, T. N. (1986).
Relationships between horizontal interactions and functional
architecture in cat striate cortex as revealed by cross-correlation analysis,
J. Neurosci. 6: 1160-1170.
- Pettet, M. W. and Gilbert, C. D. (1992).
Dynamic changes in receptive field size in cat primary visual cortex,
Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 89: 8366-8370.
- Gilbert, C. D. (1992).
Horizontal integration and cortical dynamics,
Neuron 9: 1-13.
- Das, A. and Gilbert, C. D. (1995).
Long-range horizontal connections and their role in cortical
reorganization revealed by optical recording of cat primary visual cortex,
Nature 375: 780-784.
- V4/IT Complex Form Processing
- Desimone, R., Albright, T. D., Gross, C. G. and Bruce, C. (1984).
Stimulus-selective properties of inferior temporal neurons in the macaque,
J. Neurosci. 4: 2051-2062.
- Desimone, R., Schein, S. J., Moran, J. and Ungerleider, L. G. (1985).
Contour, color and shape analysis beyond the striate cortex,
Vision Res. 25: 441-452.
- Desimone, R. and Schein, S. J. (1987).
Visual properties of neurons in area V4 of the macaque: sensitivity
to stimulus form,
J. Neurophysiol. 57: 835-868.
- Wilson, H. R., Wilkinson, F. and Asaad, W. (1997).
Concentric orientation summation in human form vision,
Vision Res. 37: 2325-2330.
- Wilson, H. R. and Wilkinson, F. (1998).
Detection of global structure in Glass patterns: implications for
form vision,
Vision Res. 38: 2933-2947.
- Directional Selectivity
- Hubel, D. H. and Wiesel, T. (1962).
Receptive fields, binocular interaction, and functional architecture in the cat's visual cortex,
J. Physiol. 160: 106-154.
- Hubel, D. H. and Wiesel, T. (1968).
Receptive fields and functional architecture of the monkey striate cortex,
J. Physiol. 195: 215-243.
- Adelson, E. H. and Bergen, J. R. (1985).
Spatiotemporal energy models for the perception of motion,
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 2: 284-299.
- Barlow, H. B. and Levick, W. R. (1965).
The mechanism of directionally selective units in the rabbit's retina,
J. Physiol. 178: 477-504.
- Reichardt, W. (1961).
Autocorrelation, a principle for the evaluation of sensory
information by the central nervous system,
in W. A. Rosenblith (ed.),
Sensory Communication, Wiley, New York.
- MT and Motion Perception
- Albright, T. D., Desimone, R. and Gross, C. G. (1984).
Columnar organization of directionally selective cells in viusal area
MT of the macaque,
J. Neurophysiol. 51: 16-31.
- Newsome, W. T., Britten, K. H. and Movshon, J. A. (1989).
Neuronal correlates of a perceptual decision,
Nature 341: 52-54.
- Salzman, C. D., Murasugi, C. M., Britten, K. H. and Newsome, W. T. (1992).
Microstimulation in visual area MT: Effects on direction
discrimination performance,
J. Neurosci. 12: 2331-2355.
(JAB: Also see C. D. Salzman, K. H. Britten, and W. T. Newsome (1990),
Cortical microstimulation influences perceptual judgements of motion
direction,
Nature 346(6280): 174--177".)
- Adelson, E. H. and Movshon, J. A. (1982).
Phenomenal coherence of moving visual patterns,
Nature 300: 523-525.
- Movshon, J. A., Adelson, E. H., Gizzi, M. S. and Newsome, W. T. (1986).
The analysis of moving visual patterns,
in C. Chagas, R. Gattass and C. Gross (eds),
Experimental Brain Research Supplementum II: Pattern Recognition
Mechanisms, Springer-Verlag, New York, pp. 117-151.
- Stoner, G. R., Albright, T. D. and Ramachandran, V. S. (1990).
Transparency and coherence in human motion perception,
Nature 344: 153-155.
- Stoner, G. R. and Albright, T. D. (1992).
Neural correlates of perceptual motion coherence,
Nature 358: 412-414.
- Wilson, H. R., Ferrera, V. P. and Yo, C. (1992).
A psychophysically motivated model for two-dimensional motion
perception,
Visual Neurosci. 9: 79-97.
- Disparity and Binocular Depth Perception
- Poggio, G. F. and Fischer, B. (1977).
Binocular interaction and depth sensitivity in striate and prestriate
cortex of behaving rhesus monkey,
J. Neurophysiol. 40: 1392-1405.
- Ohzawa, I., DeAngelis, G. C. and Freeman, R. D. (1990).
Stereoscopic depth discrimination in the visual cortex: Neurons
ideally suited as disparity detectors,
Science 249: 1037-1041.
- Marr, D. and Poggio, T. (1976).
Cooperative computation of stereo disparity,
Science 194: 283-287.
- Marr, D. and Poggio, T. (1979).
A computational theory of human stereo vision,
Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 204: 301-328.
- Qian, N. (1994).
Computing stereo disparity and motion with known binocular cell properties,
Neural Comput. 6: 390-404.
- Qian, N. and Andersen, R. A. (1997).
A physiological model for motion-stereo integration and a unified
explanation of Pulfrich-like phenomena,
Vision Res. 37: 1683-1698.
- Qian, N. (1997).
Binocular disparity and the perception of depth,
Neuron 18: 359-368.
- Bradley, D. C., Qian, N. and Andersen, R. A. (1995).
Integration of motion and stereopsis in cortical area MT of the macaque,
Nature 373: 609-611.
- DeAngelis, G. C., Cumming, B. G. and Newsome, W. T. (1998).
Cortical area MT and the perception of stereoscopic depth,
Nature 394: 677-680.
- Parietal and Frontal Mechanisms of Visual Attention
- Gottlieb, J. and Goldberg, M. E. (1999).
Activity of neurons in the lateral intraparietal area of the monkey
during an antisaccade task,
Nature Neurosci. 2: 906-912.
- Gottlieb, J., Kusunoki, M. and Goldberg, M. E. (1998).
The representation of visual salience in monkey parietal cortex,
Nature 391: 481-484.
- Bushnell, M. C., Goldberg, M. E. and Robinson, D. L. (1981).
Behavioral enhancement of visual responses in monkey cerebral cortex.
I. Modulation in posterior parietal cortex related to selective
visual attention,
J. Neurophysiol. 46: 755-772.
- Desimone, R. and Duncan, J. (1995).
Neural mechanisms of selective visual attention,
Ann. Rev. Neurosci. 18: 193-222.
- Ferrera, V. P. and Barborica, A. (1999).
Competitive networks and attention.
Submitted for publication.
- Goldberg, M. E. and Bushnell, M. C. (1981).
Behavioral enhancement of visual responses in monkey cerbral cortex.
II. Modulation in frontal eye fields specifically related to saccades,
J. Neurophysiol. 46: 773-787.
- Saccades
- Guthrie, B. L., Porter, J. D. and Sparks, D. L. (1983).
Corollary discharge provides accurate eye position information to the
oculomotor system,
Science 221: 1193-1195.
- Hallet, P. E. and Lightstone, A. D. (1976).
Saccadic eye movements toward stimuli triggered by prior saccades,
Vision Res. 16: 99-106.
- Mays, L. E. and Sparks, D. L. (1980a).
Dissociation of visual and saccade-related responses in superior
colliculus neurons,
J. Neurophysiol. 43: 207-232.
- Mays, L. E. and Sparks, D. L. (1980b).
Saccades are spatially, not retinocentrically coded,
Science 208: 1163-1165.
- Schall, J. D. and Hanes, D. P. (1993).
Neural basis of saccade target selection in frontal eye field during
visual search,
Nature 366: 467-469.
- Spatial Accuracy
- Duhamel, J. R., Colby, C. L. and Goldberg, M. E. (1992).
The updating of the representation of visual space in parietal cortex
by intended eye-movements,
Science 255: 90-92.
- Quaia, C., Optican, L. M. and Goldberg, M. E. (1998).
The maintenance of spatial accuracy by the perisaccadic remapping of
visual receptive fields,
Neural Networks 11: 1229-1240.
- Umeno, M. M. and Goldberg, M. E. (1997).
Spatial processing in the monkey frontal eye field. 1. Predictive
visual responses,
J. Neurophysiol. 78: 1373-1383.
- MST Optic Flow and Navigation
- Bradley, D. C., Maxwell, M., Andersen, R. A., Banks, M. S., and
Shenoy, K. V. (1996).
Mechanisms of heading perception in primate visual cortex,
Science 273: 1544-1547.
- Duffy, C. J. and Wurtz, R. H. (1991).
Sensitivity of MST neurons to optic flow stimuli. I. A
continuum of response selectivity to large-field stimuli,
J. Neurophysiol. 65: 1329-1345.
- Graziano, M., Andersen, R. A. and Snowden, R. J. (1994).
Tuning of MST neurons to spiral motion,
J. Neurosci. 14: 54-67.
- Saito, H., Yukie, M., Tanaka, K., Hikosoka, K., Fukada, Y. and Iwai, E. (1986).
Integration of direction signals of image motion in the superior
temporal sulcus of the macaque monkey,
J. Neurosci. 6: 145-157.
- Tanaka, K., Hikosaka, K., Saito, H., Yukie, M., Fukada, Y. and Iwai, E. (1986).
Analysis of local and wide-field movements in the superior visual
areas of the macaque monkey,
J. Neurosci. 6: 134-144.
- Parallel Pathways
- Felleman, D. J. and Van Essen, D. C. (1991).
Distributed hierarchical processing in the primate cerebral cortex,
Cereb. Cortex 1: 1-47.
- Ferrera, V. P., Nealey, T. A. and Maunsell, J. H. R. (1994).
Responses in macaque visual area V4 following inactivation of the
parvocellular and magnocellular LGN pathways,
J. Neurosci. 14: 2080-2088.
- Maunsell, J. H. R., Nealey, T. A. and DePriest, D. D. (1990).
Magnocellular and parvocellular contributions to responses in the
middle temporal visual area (MT) of the macaque monkey,
J. Neurosci. 10: 3323-3334.
- Merigan, W. H. and Maunsell, J. H. R. (1990).
Macaque vision after magnocellular lateral geniculate lesions,
Visual Neurosci. 5: 347-352.
- Merigan, W. H. and Maunsell, J. H. R. (1993).
How parallel are the primate visual pathways?,
Ann. Rev. Neurosci. 16: 369-402.
- Merigan, W. H., Katz, L. M. and Maunsell, J. H. R. (1991).
,
The effects of parvocellular lateral geniculate lesions on the acuity
and contrast sensitivity of macaque monkeys,
J. Neurosci. 11: 994-1001.
- Nealey, T. A. and Maunsell, J. H. R. (1994).
Magnocellular and parvocellular contributions to the responses of
neurons in macaque striate cortex,
J. Neurosci. 14: 2069-2079.
- Smooth Pursuit
- Ferrera, V. P. and Lisberger, S. G. (1997).
The effect of a moving distractor on the initiation of smooth-pursuit
eye movements,
Visual Neurosci. 14: 323-338.
- Groh, J. M., Born, R. T. and Newsome, W. T. (1997).
How is a sensory map read out? Effects of microstimulation in visual
area MT on saccades and smooth pursuit eye movements,
J. Neurosci. 17: 4312-4330.
- Komatsu, H. and Wurtz, R. H. (1988).
Relation of cortical areas MT and MST to pursuit eye movements.
I. localization and visual properties neurons,
J. Neurophysiol. 60: 580-603.
- Komatsu, H. and Wurtz, R. H. (1989).
Modulation of pursuit eye movements by stimulation of cortical areas
MT and MST,
J. Neurophysiol. 62: 31-47.
- Lisberger, S. G. and Ferrera, V. P. (1997).
Vector averaging for smooth pursuit eye movements initiated by two
moving targets in monkeys,
J. Neurosci. 17: 7490-7502.
- Newsome, W. T., Wurtz, R. H. and Komatsu, H. (1988).
Relation of cortical areas MT and MST to pursuit eye movements.
II. Differentiation of retinal from extraretinal inputs,
J. Neurophysiol. 60: 604-620.
- Rashbass, C. (1961).
The relationship between saccadic and smooth tracking eye movements,
J. Physiol. 159: 326-338.
These suggested readings were compiled by members of the Center for
Neural Science and Department of Psychology at NYU in June 2004, and
include papers up to 1972.
- Campbell, F. W. and Robson, J. G. (1968)
Application of Fourier analysis to the visibility of gratings,
J Physiol, 197 (3), 551-66.
- Lettvin, J.Y., Maturana, H.R., McCulloch, W.S., and Pitts, W.H. (1959)
What the Frog's Eye Tells the Frog's Brain.
Proceedings of the IRE, Vol. 47, No. 11, pp. 1940-51.
- Hubel D. H. and Wiesel, T. N. (1959)
Receptive fields of single neurones in the cat's striate cortex.
J Physiol. Oct;148:574-91.
- Hubel D. H. and Wiesel, T. N. (1968)
Receptive fields and functional architecture of monkey striate cortex,
J Physiol. Mar;195(1):215-43.
- Barany & Hallden (1948)
J Neurophysiol Vol 11, page 25-.
- Caneja (1927)
On binocular alternation.
Arch. Ophtalmol. Hispan. A27, 1.
- H. Barlow (1972)
Single units and sensation: A neuron doctrine for perceptual psychology?
Perception 1:371-39.
- H.K. Hartline and C.H. Graham (1932)
Visual Receptors and Retinal Interaction (JAB: Nobel Lecture version of this material?),
J. Cell. Comp. Physiol. 1, 227.
- Talbot, SA and Marshall WH (JAB: various in 1940s?)
- Enroth-Cugell, C. and Robson, J. G. (1966)
The contrast sensitivity of retinal ganglion cells of the cat.
J Physiol 187:517-552.
- Hecht, Schlaer and Pirenne (1942)
Energy, Quanta, and Vision.
Journal of General Physiology 25, 819 - 840.
- Barlow HB, Levick WR. (1965)
The mechanism of directionally selective units in rabbit's retina.
J. Physiol.178(3):477-504.
- Wheatstone (1838) Contributions to the physiology of vision. Part the First. On some remarkable, and hitherto unobserved, phaenomena of binocular vision. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Part II.
- Hubel and Wiesel, (1965)
Binocular interaction in striate cortex of kittens reared with artificial squint.
J Neurophysiol. 28(6):1041.
- Wallach (1935)
Ueber
visuell wahrgenommene Bewegungsrichtung.
Psychologische Forschung 20, 325-380. Translated as
On the visually perceived direction of motion, published in
Perception (1996) 25, p1317-1368.
This book contains reprints of the following classic papers from
before 1998:
- Theoretical Perspectives
- Helmholtz, H. von (1925).
Physiological Optics.
(Vol III, Sect. 26. Concerning the perceptions in general. pp. 1-36).
Translated from the Third German Edition and Edited by J. P. C. Southall. New
York: Optical Society of America. (Original work published 1896)
- Barlow, H. B. (1972).
Single units and sensation: A neuron doctrine for perceptual psychology?
Perception, 1, 371-394.
- Tanner, W. P., & Swets, J. A. (1954).
A decision-making theory of visual detection.
Psychological Review, 61, 401-409.
- Gibson, J. J. (1979).
The ecological approach to visual perception.
Chapter 14: The theory of information pickup and its consequences
(pp. 238-263). Boston: Houghton Miflin Co.
- Marr, D. (1982). Vision.
Chapter 1. The philosophy and the approach (pp. 8-38).
San Francisco: W. H. Freeman and Co.
- Early Vision
- Hurvich, L., & Jameson, D. (1957).
An opponent-process theory of color vision.
Psychological Review, 64, 384-404.
- Hubel, D. H., & Weisel, T. N. (1968).
Receptive fields and functional architecture of monkey striate cortex,
Journal of Physiology, 195, 215-243.
- Blakemore, C. & Campbell, F. W. (1969).
On the existence of neurones in the human visual system selectively
sensitive to the orientation and size of retinal images.
Journal of Physiology, 203, 237-260.
- Zeki, S., Watson, J. D., G., Lueck, C. J., Friston, K. J., Kennard, C., & Frackowiak, R. S. J. (1991).
A direct demonstration of functional specialization in human visual cortex
Journal of Neuroscience, 11, 641-649.
- Newsome, W.T., Britten, K.H., & Movshon, J.A. (1989).
Neuronal correlates of a perceptual decision,
Nature, 341, 52-54.
- Perceptual Organization and Constancy
- Wertheimer, M. (1923).
Untersuchungen zur Lehre von der Gestalt, II
[Laws of organization in perceptual forms].
Psycholoche Forschung, 4, 301-350.
Exerpts translated and reprinted in W. D. Ellis (Ed.),
A source book of Gestalt psychology
(pp. 71-88). New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1939.
- Rubin, E. (1921).
Visuaell wahrgenommene Figuren.
Copenhagen: Gyldendalske.
[excerpts translated and reprinted in D. C. Beardslee & M. Wertheimer (Eds.),
Readings in perception
(pp. 194-203). Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc.]
- Wallach, H. (1948).
Brightness constancy and the nature of achromatic colors.
Journal of Experimental Psychology, 38, 310-324.
- Kaufman, L., & Rock, I. (1962).
The moon illusion.
Scientific American, 207, 120-132.
- Rock, I., Nijhawan, R., Palmer, S. E., & Tudor, L. (1992).
Grouping based on phenomenal similarity of achromatic color.
Perception, 21, 779-789.
- Object and Spatial Vision
- Lissauer, H. (1890). Ein Fall
von Seelenblindheit nebst einem Beitrag zur Theorie derselben.
Archiv für Psychiatrie, 21, 222-270.
[translated and reprinted in 1988 as
"A case of visual agnosia with a contribution to theory."
Cognitive Neuropsychology, 5, 157-192;
commentary by Shallice, T., & Jackson, M. (1988).
Lissauer on agnosia.
Cognitive Neuropsychology, 5, 153-156.]
- Mishkin, M., Ungerleider, L. G., & Macko, K. A. (1982).
Object vision and spatial vision: Two cortical pathways.
Trends in Neurosciences, 6, 414-417.
- Adelson, E. H., & Movshon, J. A. (1982).
Phenomenal coherence of moving visual patterns.
Nature, 300, 523-525.
- Shepard, R. N., & Metzler, J. (1971).
Mental rotation of three-dimensional objects.
Science,171, 701-703.
- Biederman, I. (1987).
Recognition-by-components: A theory of human image understanding.
Psychological Review, 94, 115-147.
- Visual Attention and Awareness
- Treisman, A. M., & Gelade, G. (1980).
A feature-integration theory of attention.
Cognitive Psychology, 12, 97-136.
- Moran, J., & Desimone, R. (1985).
Selective attention gates visual processing in the extrastriate cortex.
Science, 229, 782-784.
- O'Craven, K. M., Rosen, B. R., Kwong, K. K., Treisman, A., & Savoy, R. L. (1997).
Voluntary attention modulates fMRI activity in human MT-MST.
Neuron, 18, 591-598.
- Weiskrantz, L., Warrington, E. K., Sanders, M.D., & Marshall, J. (1974).
Visual capacity in the hemianopic field following a restricted occipital ablation.
Brain, 97, 709-728.
- Sheinberg, D.L. & Logothetis, N.K. (1997).
The role of temporal cortical areas in perceptual organization.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 94, 3408-3413.
These suggested readings were compiled from suggestions given to
Steven Yantis while he was preparing his 2000 book (above), covering
up to about 1992. I have deleted all those that were actually
included in the book, since those are listed above.
- Adelson E. H. & Bergen, J. (1985).
Spatiotemporal energy models for the perception of motion.
Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 2, 284-299.
- Alpern, M. (1953).
Metacontrast.
Journal of the Optical Society of America, 43, 648-657.
- Barlow, H. B., Blakemore, C., & Pettigrew, J. D. (1967).
The neural mechanism of binocular depth discrimination.
Journal of Physiology (Lond), 193, 327-342.
- Barrow, H. G., and Tenenbaum, J. M. (1981).
Interpreting Line Drawings as Three-Dimensional Surfaces.
Artificial Intelligence, 17, 75-116
- Beck, J. (1967).
Perceptual grouping produced by line figures.
Perception & Psychophysics, 2, 491-495.
- Berkeley, G. (1709/1901).
An essay towards a new theory of vision.
In A. C. Fraser (Ed. The works of George Berkeley, D.D., formerly
Bishop of Cloyne, including his posthumous works. Oxford: Clarendon
Press.
- Bisiach, E., & Luzzatti, C. (1978).
Unilateral neglect of representational space.
Cortex, 14, 129-133.
- Campbell, F. W., & Robson, J. G. (1968).
Application of Fourier analysis to the visibility of gratings.
Journal of Physiology, 197, 551-566.
- Cornsweet, T. (1970).
Visual Perception.
New York: Academic Press.
Chapter II: The Experiment of Hecht, Schlaer, and Pirenne.
- Di Lollo, V. (1980).
Temporal integration in visual memory.
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Ecological optics.
Vision Research, 1, 253-262.
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Parallax and perspective during aircraft landings.
American Journal of Psychology, 49, 372-385.
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Perception, 5, 62-72.
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Separate visual pathways for perception and action
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Receptive fields, binocular interaction, and functional architecture in the cat's visual cortex.
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Visual perception of biological motion and a model for its analysis.
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Binocular depth perception of computer-generated patterns.
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Optic flow.
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The retinex theory of color vision.
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What the frog's eye tells the frog's brain.
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Theory of edge detection.
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Representation and recognition of the spatial organization of three-dimensional shapes.
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Cooperative computation of stereo disparity.
Science, 194, 283-287.
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Color adaptation of edge-detectors in the human visual system.
Science, 149, 1115-1116.
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Forest before trees: The precedence of global features in visual perception.
Cognitive Psychology, 9, 353-383.
- Posner, M. I. (1980).
Orienting of attention.
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 32, 3-25.
- Rashbass, C. (1970).
The visibility of transient changes of luminance.
Journal of Physiology, 210, 165-186.
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The responses of limulus optic nerve fibers to patterns of illumination on the receptor mosaic.
Journal of General Physiology, 42, 1241-1255.
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Autocorrelation, a principle for the evaluation of sensory information by the central nervous system.
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Suppression of visual phosphenes during saccadic eye movements.
Vision Research, 14, 997-1011.
- Robson, J.G. (1966).
Spatial and temporal contrast sensitivity function of the visual system.
Journal of the Optical Society America, 56, 1141-1142.
- Rock, I. (1974).
The perception of disoriented figures.
Scientific American, 230, 78-85.
- Rock, I., & Brosgole, L. (1964).
Grouping based on phenomenal proximity.
Journal of Experimental Psychology, 67, 531-538.
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On the possibility of ``smart'' perceptual mechanisms.
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 18, 172-179.
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The information available in brief visual presentations.
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- Stiles, W.S. (1939)
The directional sensitivity of the retina and the spectral sensitivities of the rods and cones.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 127, 64-105.
- Teller, D.Y. (1984).
Linking propositions.
Vision Research, 24, 1233-1246.
- Ullman, S. (1984).
Visual Routines.
Cognition, 18, 97-159.
- Wallach, H., & O'Connell, D. N. (1953).
The kinetic depth effect.
Journal of Experimental Psychology, 45, 205-217.
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Experimentelle Studien uber das Sehen von Bewegung.
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Visual hyperacuity.
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The representation of colours in the cerebral cortex.
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These readings were compiled about 1980, and include papers up to 1979.
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Saturation of the rod mechanism of the retina at high levels of stimulation.
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- Alpern, M., & Pugh, E.N., Jr. (1974).
The density and photosensitivity of human rhodopsin in the living retina.
J Physiol, 237, 341-370.
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Summation and inhibition in the frog's retina.
J Physiol, 119, 69-88.
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Single units and sensation: A neuron doctrine for perceptual psychology?
Perception, 1, 371-394.
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Change of organization in the receptive fields of the cat's retina during dark adaptation.
J Physiol, 137, 338-354.
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Receptive fields of cones in the retina of the turtle.
J Physiol, 214, 265-294.
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Reconstruction of the electrical responses of turtle cones to flashes and steps of light.
J Physiol, 242, 759-791.
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The membrane current of single rod outer segments.
J Physiol, 288, 589-611.
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Responses of retinal rods to single photons.
J Physiol, 288, 613-634.
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Contrast thresholds of the human eye.
J Optical Soc Amer, 36(11), 624-643.
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On the existence of neurones in the human visual system selectively
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J Physiol, 203, 237-260.
- Blakemore, C., & Sutton, P. (1969).
Size adaptation: a new aftereffect.
Science, 166, 245-247.
- Boycott, B. B., & Wäässle, H. (1974).
The morphological types of ganglion cells of the domestic cat's retina.
J Physiol, 240, 397-419.
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Optical and retinal factors affecting visual resolution.
J Physiol, 181, 576-593.
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Optical quality of the human eye.
J Physiol, 186, 558-578.
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Application of Fourier analysis to the visibility of gratings.
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The scotopic visibility function.
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Visual adaptation in relation to brief conditioning stimuli.
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Chemistry of visual adaptation in the rat.
Nature, 188, 114-118.
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Adaptation in the goldfish retina.
J Physiol, 195, 273-281.
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Visualization of wave-guide modes in retinal receptors.
Am J Ophthal, 51, 1107-1118.
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The contrast sensitivity of retinal ganglion cells of the cat.
J Physiol, 187, 517-552.
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Quantum sensitivity of rods in the toad retina.
Science, 187, 838-841.
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Structural basis for ON- and OFF- center responses in retinal ganglion cells.
Science, 194, 193-195.
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The directional and spectral sensitivities of the retinal rods to adapting fields of different wave-lengths.
J Physiol, 107, 187-202.
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Changes in time scale and sensitivity in the ommatidia of Limulus.
J Physiol, 172, 239-263.
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Visual detection of aperiodic spatial stimuli by probability summation among narrowband channels.
Vis Res, 17, 637-652.
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Detection of grating patterns containing two spatial frequencies: A comparison of single-channel and multiple channel models.
Vision Research, 11, 251-259.
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The effects of spatial summation in the retina on the excitation of the fibers of the optic nerve.
Am J Physiol, 130, 700-711.
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Some experiments bearing on the hypothesis that the visual system ananlyses spatial patterns in independent bands of spatial frequency.
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Receptive fields, binocular interaction, and functional architecture in the cat's visual cortex.
J Physiol, 160, 106-154.
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Receptive fields and functional architecture of monkey striate cortex.
J Physiol, 195, 215-243.
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Functional architecture of macaque monkey visual cortex.
Proc R Soc Lond B, 198, 1-59.
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An opponent-process theory of color vision.
Psychological Rev, 64 no. 6, 384-404.
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Spectral sensitivity of color mechanisms: Derivation from fluctuations of color appearance near threshold.
Science, 150, 1477-1479.
- Kuffler, S. W. (1953).
Discharge pattterns and functional organization of mammalian retina.
Journal of Neurophysiology, 16, 37-68.
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Visual pigments of single primate cones.
Science, 143, 1181-3.
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Color adaptation of edge-detectors in the human visual system.
Science, 149, 1115-6.
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The magical number seven, plus or minus two: Some limits on our capacity for processing information.
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Receptive field mechanism in the vertebrate retina.
Science, 171, 691-693.
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Size-detecting mechanisms in human vision.
Science, 162, 1146-1147.
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Signal Transmission along retinal rods and the origin of the electroretinographic a-wave.
Nature, 223, 201-205.
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Kinetics of the photocurrent of retinal rods.
Biophysical J, 12, 1073-1094.
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The effect of visual experience on the development of stimulus specificity by kitten cortical neurones.
J Physiol, 237, 49-74.
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Cone pigment kinetics in the deuteranope.
J Physiol, 176, 38-45.
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The sensitivity of rods under illumination.
J Physiol, 178, 141-160.
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Spatial-frequency channels in human vision.
J Optical Soc Amer, 61 no. 9, 1176-1186.
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The directional sensitivity of the retina and the spectral sensitivities of the rods and cones.
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Color vision: The approach through increment-threshold sensitivity.
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The lunimous efficiency of rays entering the eye pupil at different points.
Proceedings of the Rogal Society B 112, 428-450.
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The liminal brightness increment for white light for different conditions of the foveal and parafoveal retina.
Proc Roy Soc, London, 116 series B no. 797, 55-102.
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Functional basis for "on"-center and "off"-center receptive fields in the retina.
J Optical Soc Amer, 53 no. 1, 66-70.
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The receptors of human color vision.
Science, 145, 1007-1016.
- Werblin, F. S. (1972).
Lateral interactions at inner plexiform layer of vertebrate retina: Antagonistic responses to change.
Science, 175, 1008-1010.
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Organization of the retina of the mudpuppy, Necturus maculosus. II. Intracellular recording.
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The Maxwellian view.
Vis Res, 6, 669-682.
Other related lists
Compiled by Steven Yantis, as of 1/2007.
- Cohn, T. E. (Ed.) (1993).
Visual Detection (Collected Works in Optics, Vol. III).
Washington, DC: Optical Society of America.
- Beardslee, D.C. & Wertheimer, M. (Eds.) (1958).
Readings in perception.
Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc.
- Haber, R. N. (Ed.) (1968).
Contemporary theory and research in visual perception.
New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston.
- Ellis, W. D. (Ed.) (1939).
A source book of Gestalt psychology.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co.
Jack Yellot also has a nice
collection of important events and dates in vision research history
1600-1960, plus a
discussion of earlier dates.
The Millenium Project at UMN has compiled a list of the
One Hundred Most Influential Works in Cognitive Science from the 20th Century.
Last updated: 2014/08/20 13:29:10 James A. Bednar