Use of spectroscopy for assessment of color discrimination in animal vision
Animals use color vision for a number of tasks including food localization, object recognition, communication, and mate selection. For these and other specific behaviors involving the use of color cues, models that quantify color discriminability have been developed. These models take as input the p...
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| author | Akkaynak Yellin, Derya |
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| description | Animals use color vision for a number of tasks including food localization, object recognition, communication, and mate selection. For these and other specific behaviors involving the use of color cues, models that quantify color discriminability have been developed. These models take as input the photoreceptor spectral sensitivities of the animal and radiance spectra of the surfaces of interest. These spectra are usually acquired using spectroscopic instruments that collect point-by-point data and can easily yield signals contaminated with neighboring colors if not operated carefully. In this paper, I present an equation that relates the optical fiber diameter and numerical aperture to the measurement angle and distance needed to record uncontaminated spectra. I demonstrate its utility by testing the discriminability of two solid colors for the visual systems of a dichromatic ferret and a trichromatic frog in (1) a conspicuous scenario where the colors have little spectral overlap and (2) a perfect camouflage scenario where the spectra are identical. This equation is derived from geometrical optics and is applicable to spectroscopic measurements in all fields. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/840802022-09-26T17:35:19Z Use of spectroscopy for assessment of color discrimination in animal vision Akkaynak Yellin, Derya Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Akkaynak, Derya Akkaynak Yellin, Derya Animals use color vision for a number of tasks including food localization, object recognition, communication, and mate selection. For these and other specific behaviors involving the use of color cues, models that quantify color discriminability have been developed. These models take as input the photoreceptor spectral sensitivities of the animal and radiance spectra of the surfaces of interest. These spectra are usually acquired using spectroscopic instruments that collect point-by-point data and can easily yield signals contaminated with neighboring colors if not operated carefully. In this paper, I present an equation that relates the optical fiber diameter and numerical aperture to the measurement angle and distance needed to record uncontaminated spectra. I demonstrate its utility by testing the discriminability of two solid colors for the visual systems of a dichromatic ferret and a trichromatic frog in (1) a conspicuous scenario where the colors have little spectral overlap and (2) a perfect camouflage scenario where the spectra are identical. This equation is derived from geometrical optics and is applicable to spectroscopic measurements in all fields. National Eye Institute (Grant NIH-NEI EY021473) 2014-01-21T12:49:55Z 2014-01-21T12:49:55Z 2013-12 2013-10 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1084-7529 1520-8532 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/84080 Akkaynak, Derya. “Use of spectroscopy for assessment of color discrimination in animal vision.” Journal of the Optical Society of America A 31, no. 4 (December 19, 2014): A27. © 2013 Optical Society of America en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.31.000A27 Journal of the Optical Society of America A Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf Optical Society of America Derya Akkaynak |
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| title | Use of spectroscopy for assessment of color discrimination in animal vision |
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