The Primate Visual System

The last 20 years of research have been marked by exceptional progress in understanding the organization and functions of the primate visual system. This understanding has been based on the wide application of traditional and newly emerging methods for identifying the functionally significant subdivisions of the system, their interconnections, the response properties of their neurons, and the population responses to stimulus events.While primates vary greatly in morphology and behavioral adaptations, all primates share certain features of the visual system. Although there are several books on vision in the market, until now no book has provided a comprehensive overview of the primate visual system. This book synthesizes the current knowledge on the anatomical and functional organization of the primate visual system and proposes new directions for research. Contributed by a multidisciplinary group of leading researchers, chapters consider a range of topics concerning various primates, including humans, and cover processing from the eye to neural codes for action, and from basic perception to memory.

Hua Bi: College of Optometry University of Houston Texas, U.S.A. Narcisse P. Bichot: Laboratory of Neuropsychology National Institute of Mental Health National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A. Randolph Blake: Vanderbilt Vision Research Center Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. Jean Bullier: Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition CNRS-UPS UMR Toulouse, France Vivien A. Casagrande: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Vanderbilt University Medical School Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. Yuzo M. Chino: College of Optometry University of Houston Houston, Texas, U.S.A. Christine E. Collins: Department of Psychology Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. Guy N. Elston: Vision, Touch & Hearing Research Centre Department of Physiology and Pharmacology School of Biomedical Sciences The University of Queensland Brisbane, Australia Isabel Gauthier: Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience Vanderbilt Vision Research Center Department of Psychology Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. Emily Grossman: Department of Psychology Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Jon H. Kass: Department of Psychology Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. Aditya Murthy: National Brain Research Centre New Delhi, India Todd M. Preuss: Division of Neuroscience and Center for Behavioral Neuroscience Yerkes National Primate Center Emory University Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. Kathleen S. Rockland: Laboratory for Cortical Organization and Systematics RIKEN Brain Science Institute Saitama, Japan Anna W. Roe: Department of Neurobiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A. Marcello G. P. Rosa: Department of Physiology Monash Unversity Melbourne, Australia David W. Royal: Center for Molecular Neuroscience and Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. Takashi R. Sato: Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience Vanderbilt Vision Research Center Department of Psychology Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. Jeffrey D. Schall: Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience Vanderbilt Vision Research Center Department of Psychology Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. Robert Sekuler: Volen Center for Complex Systems Brandeis University Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Luiz Carlos de Lima Silveira: Departamento de Fisiologia Centro de Ciencias Biologicas Universidade Federal do Para Para, Brazil Iwona Stepniewska: Department of Psychology Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. Manabu Tanifuji: Laboratory for Integrative Neural Systems RIKEN Brain Science Institute Saitama, Japan Kirk G. Thompson: Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research National Eye Institute National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A. Rowan Tweedale: Vision, Touch & Hearing Research Centre The University of Queensland Brisbane, Australia Bin Zhang: College of Optometry University of Houston Texas, U.S.A.