Journal article

Publication year: 2003

Pages: 563-572

Journal: Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volume number: 4

Issue number: 7

ISSN: 1471-003X

eISSN: 1471-0048

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn1138

Publisher: Nature Research

Abstract: 
The perception of colour is a central component of primate vision. Colour facilitates object perception and recognition, and has an important role in scene segmentation and visual memory. Moreover, it provides an aesthetic component to visual experiences that is fundamental to our perception of the world. Despite the long history of colour vision studies, much has still to be learned about the physiological basis of colour perception. Recent advances in our understanding of the early processing in the retina and thalamus have enabled us to take a fresh look at cortical processing of colour. These studies are beginning to indicate that colour is processed not in isolation, but together with information about luminance and visual form, by the same neural circuits, to achieve a unitary and robust representation of the visual world.

Harvard Citation style: Gegenfurtner, K. (2003) Cortical mechanisms of colour vision, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 4(7), pp. 563-572. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn1138

APA Citation style: Gegenfurtner, K. (2003). Cortical mechanisms of colour vision. Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 4(7), 563-572. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn1138