Abstract
Glas (1975) hypothesized first that false colours could be induced in an insect visual system by polarized light. He proposed that the honeybee Apis mellifera may perceive the polarization of skylight not as a distinct entity, but rather as “polarizational false colours”. In his model, all UV, blue and green receptors are involved in the perception of polarization. Since, according to the model, the UV and blue receptors are polarization-sensitive, their output signals depend on the degree p and angle α of linear polarization. Consequently, the model retina perceives “polarization-induced false colours”.
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Horváth, G., Varjú, D. (2004). Polarization-Induced False Colours. In: Polarized Light in Animal Vision. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-09387-0_33
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