Vision science is the scientific study of

visual perception Visual perception is the ability to detect light and use it to form an image of the surrounding Biophysical environment, environment. Photodetection without image formation is classified as ''light sensing''. In most vertebrates, visual percept ...

. Researchers in vision science can be called vision scientists, especially if their research spans some of the science's many disciplines. Vision science encompasses all studies of vision, such as how

human Humans (''Homo sapiens'') or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus ''Homo''. They are Hominidae, great apes characterized by their Prehistory of nakedness and clothing ...

and non-human

organism An organism is any life, living thing that functions as an individual. Such a definition raises more problems than it solves, not least because the concept of an individual is also difficult. Many criteria, few of them widely accepted, have be ...

s process visual information, how conscious

works in humans, how to exploit visual

perception Perception () is the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the presented information or environment. All perception involves signals that go through the nervous syste ...

for effective

communication Communication is commonly defined as the transmission of information. Its precise definition is disputed and there are disagreements about whether Intention, unintentional or failed transmissions are included and whether communication not onl ...

, and how artificial systems can do the same tasks. Vision science overlaps with or encompasses disciplines such as

ophthalmology Ophthalmology (, ) is the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and surgery of eye diseases and disorders. An ophthalmologist is a physician who undergoes subspecialty training in medical and surgical eye care. Following a ...

and

optometry Optometry is the healthcare practice concerned with examining the eyes for visual defects, prescribing corrective lenses, and detecting eye abnormalities. In the United States and Canada, optometrists are those that hold a post-baccalaureate f ...

neuroscience Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions, and its disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, ...

(s),

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

(particularly sensation and perception psychology,

cognitive psychology Cognitive psychology is the scientific study of human mental processes such as attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity, and reasoning. Cognitive psychology originated in the 1960s in a break from behaviorism, whi ...

linguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...

biopsychology Behavioral neuroscience, also known as biological psychology, biopsychology, or psychobiology,Psychobi ...

psychophysics Psychophysics is the field of psychology which quantitatively investigates the relationship between physical stimulus (physiology), stimuli and the sensation (psychology), sensations and perceptions they produce. Psychophysics has been described ...

, and

neuropsychology Neuropsychology is a branch of psychology concerned with how a person's cognition and behavior are related to the brain and the rest of the nervous system. Professionals in this branch of psychology focus on how injuries or illnesses of the brai ...

physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

(particularly

optics Optics is the branch of physics that studies the behaviour and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of optical instruments, instruments that use or Photodetector, detect it. Optics usually describes t ...

), ethology, and

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...

(particularly

computer vision Computer vision tasks include methods for image sensor, acquiring, Image processing, processing, Image analysis, analyzing, and understanding digital images, and extraction of high-dimensional data from the real world in order to produce numerical ...

artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is the capability of computer, computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and decision-making. It is a field of re ...

, and

computer graphics Computer graphics deals with generating images and art with the aid of computers. Computer graphics is a core technology in digital photography, film, video games, digital art, cell phone and computer displays, and many specialized applications. ...

), as well as other engineering related areas such as data visualization, user interface design, and

human factors and ergonomics Humans (''Homo sapiens'') or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus ''Homo''. They are great apes characterized by their hairlessness, bipedalism, and high intellig ...

. Below is a list of pertinent journals and international conferences.

Journals

Scientific journals exclusively or predominantly concerned with vision science include: * '' Acta Ophthalmologica'' * '' American Journal of Ophthalmology'' * '' Annual Review of Vision Science'' *
Attention Perception & Psychophysics
' (previously ''Perception & Psychophysics'') * '' British Journal of Ophthalmology'' * '' Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology'' * '' Current Opinion in Ophthalmology'' *
European Journal of Ophthalmology
' *
Experimental Eye Research
' * '' Eye'' *
Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
' * ''Investigative Ophthalmology & Vision Science (IOVS)'' * '' JAMA Ophthalmology'' *
Journal of Glaucoma
' *
Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology
' *
Journal of Ophthalmology
' * '' Journal of the Optical Society of America'' * '' Journal of Vision''
translational vision science & technology (tvst)
*
Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics (OPO)
' * ''Ophthalmology'' * ''

Optometry and Vision Science ''Optometry and Vision Science'' is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins on behalf of the American Academy of Optometry. The journal was established in 1924 as the ''American Journal of Optometry''. ...

'' * ''

Perception Perception () is the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the presented information or environment. All perception involves signals that go through the nervous syste ...

'' and
i-Perception
' * '' Progress in Retinal and Eye Research'' *
Seeing and Perceiving
' and
Spatial Vision
' * '' Survey of Ophthalmology'' * ''

Vision Research ''Vision Research'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal specializing in the neuroscience and psychology of the visual system The visual system is the physiological basis of visual perception (the ability to perception, detect and process ...

'' (including ''Clinical Vision Sciences'')
Optica

Conferences

* Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) * American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Annual Meeting
American Academy of Optometry
AAOpt) Annual Meeting * European Conference on Visual Perception (ECV

* Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VS

* Asia Pacific Conference on Vision (APV

* British Congress of Optometry and Vision Science(BCOV
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Indian Contact Lens Education Program
ICLEP) Annual Meeting * International Myopia Conference
International Myopia Institute
* World Congress of Optometry(WC
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References

* Palmer, S.E. (1999). ''Vision Science: Photons to Phenomenology''. MIT Press. .

External links

VisionScience
– an Internet resource for research in human and animal vision.
Visiome Platform
– digital research resource archive for vision science by the

Neuroinformatics Neuroinformatics is the emergent field that combines informatics and neuroscience. Neuroinformatics is related with neuroscience data and information processing by artificial neural networks. There are three main directions where neuroinformatics ...

Japan Center
European Conference on Visual Perception
– an international scientific conference on vision science {{Sci-stub Color Interdisciplinary subfields Vision

Journals

Conferences

See also

References

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