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The contribution of the outer retina to color constancy: A general model for color constancy synthesized from primate and fish data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 June 2007

M.T. VANLEEUWEN ,
C. JOSELEVITCH ,
I. FAHRENFORT  and
M. KAMERMANS
M.T. VANLEEUWEN
Affiliation:
Retinal Signal Processing, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
C. JOSELEVITCH
Affiliation:
Retinal Signal Processing, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
I. FAHRENFORT
Affiliation:
Retinal Signal Processing, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
M. KAMERMANS
Affiliation:
Retinal Signal Processing, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Abstract

Color constancy is one of the most impressive features of color vision systems. Although the phenomenon has been studied for decades, its underlying neuronal mechanism remains unresolved. Literature indicates an early, possibly retinal mechanism and a late, possibly cortical mechanism. The early mechanism seems to involve chromatic spatial integration and performs the critical calculations for color constancy. The late mechanism seems to make the color manifest. We briefly review the current evidence for each mechanism. We discuss in more detail a model for the early mechanism that is based on direct measurements of goldfish outer retinal processing and induces color constancy and color contrast. In this study we extrapolate this model to primate retina, illustrating that it is highly likely that a similar mechanism is also present in primates. The logical consequence of our experimental work in goldfish and our model is that the wiring of the cone/horizontal cell system sets the reference point for color vision (i.e., it sets the white point for that animal).

Keywords

RetinaColor constancyFishPrimatesHorizontal cells
Type
Research Article
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Visual Neuroscience , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , May 2007 , pp. 277 - 290
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© 2007 Cambridge University Press

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