TY - JOUR
T1 - Long-term adaptation to color
AU - Tregillus, Katherine EM
AU - Engel, Stephen A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Authors
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - When the environment changes, the visual system adjusts to maintain accurate color perception. Such adaptations happen at different time scales, and long-term effects are of particular interest because they may engage mechanisms of long-lasting neural plasticity. Long-term adaptation to changes in the color of the environment produce strong and long-lasting changes in color perception, with the general effect of neutralizing the dominant color. Large individual differences and details of the time course are currently unexplained, and the limits of adaptation remain unexplored. Experience with an environment appears to allow observers to adapt more strongly and quickly to it. Long-term color adaptation may serve as a model system for understanding general mechanisms of neural plasticity, including those relevant for therapies for visual disorders.
AB - When the environment changes, the visual system adjusts to maintain accurate color perception. Such adaptations happen at different time scales, and long-term effects are of particular interest because they may engage mechanisms of long-lasting neural plasticity. Long-term adaptation to changes in the color of the environment produce strong and long-lasting changes in color perception, with the general effect of neutralizing the dominant color. Large individual differences and details of the time course are currently unexplained, and the limits of adaptation remain unexplored. Experience with an environment appears to allow observers to adapt more strongly and quickly to it. Long-term color adaptation may serve as a model system for understanding general mechanisms of neural plasticity, including those relevant for therapies for visual disorders.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cobeha.2019.07.005
DO - 10.1016/j.cobeha.2019.07.005
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85070717650
SN - 2352-1546
VL - 30
SP - 116
EP - 121
JO - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
JF - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
ER -