Unsupervised learning of cone spectral classes from natural images.

The first step in the evolution of primate trichromatic color vision was the expression of a third cone class not present in ancestral mammals. This observation motivates a fundamental question about the evolution of any sensory system: how is it possible to detect and exploit the presence of a nove...

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Main Authors: Noah C Benson, Jeremy R Manning, David H Brainard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-06-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4072515?pdf=render