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The human visual system receives and interprets an enormous volume of information regarding the environment in which the individual is immersed. Indeed, there is more information available than can be processed. This includes information on whether it is day or night, sunny or cloudy, how fast objects around us are moving and whether an approaching person is happy or angry. A degree of normalization of human vision is of critical importance in establishing in the brain and mind a tool for recognizing objects or people despite the extensive variations in physical stimuli that the visual system encounters. The term used to identify this tool and its many aspects is “adaptation.” Adaptation processes occur throughout the visual system, from the pupil to the brain, with the results accessible to the conscious mind. Webster cites the key functions of adaptation as efficient coding of the incoming visual information, including enhancement of novel stimuli, and appearance needed...
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Farnand, S.P. (2020). Adaptation. In: Shamey, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27851-8_265-2
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