Mechanisms of color constancy in trichromats and dichromats [Elektronische Ressource] / von Sven Nicklas

Mechanisms of Color Constancyin Trichromats and DichromatsDissertationzur Erlangung desDoktorgrades (Dr. phil.)vorgelegtder Philosophischen Fakult¨at Ider Martin-Luther-Universita¨t Halle-Wittenberg,von Sven Nicklasgeb. am 20.05.1975 in WittenbergGutachter: Prof. Dr. Dieter HeyerProf. Dr. Laurence T. MaloneyTag der Verteidigung: 18.07.2008urn:nbn:de:gbv:3-000014355[http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn=nbn%3Ade%3Agbv%3A3-000014355]AcknowledgementsThis work would not have been possible without the encouragement and supportfromanumber ofsignificant people. Theleast Icandoistoexpress mygratitudeto them.First of all I am indebted to my advisor Dieter Heyer who introduced me pa-tientlytothefieldofcolorscience andsharpenedmyunderstandingoftheoreticalconcepts. I heartily thank Larry Maloney for sharing his knowledge and for theopportunity to conduct some of the experiments in his lab. Gisela Mu¨ller–Plathcontributed her patience and time as a member of my committee. I am gratefulto Eike Richter and Katja Doerschner for fruitful discussions on color issues andfor helping me with the experimental setup. I would also like to thank FranzFaul for providing his extensive C++ color library and Katrin Heier for run-ning the experiments on increment-decrement asymmetries. I amindebted tomydearfriendFidelindoLimwhohelpedmeimprovingthelanguageandstyleofthepresent thesis. Onthelongwaythateventually ledtothisthesismyparentshavealways supported me.