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John L Barbur

John Barbur Professor of Optics and Visual Science &
Director of the Applied Vision Research Centre.

AVRC, City University, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB.

Email:johnb@city.ac.uk
Tel:(020) 7040 5060
Intl:+44 20 7040 5060
Fax:(020) 7040 8355
Intl:+44 20 7040 8355

Teaching Interests

Optics - Photometry, Colorimetry & Colour Vision, Imaging and Lighting.

Current Research Interests

Selected Publications

Connolly, D. M., Barbur, J. L., Hosking, S. L., Moorhead, I. R., (2008) Mild Hypoxia Impairs Chromatic Sensitivity in the Mesopic Range Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science February 2008, Vol. 49, No. 2 [download pdf]

Barbur, J. L., Spang, K., (2008) Colour constancy and conscious perception of changes of illuminant Neuropsychologia (in press), doi:10.1016/ j.neuropsychologia.2007.11.032 [request copy from authors]

Marisa Rodriguez-Carmona, Jessica Kvansakul, J. Alister Harlow, Wolfgang Köpcke, Wolfgang Schalch and John L. Barbur The effects of supplementation with lutein and/or zeaxanthin on human macular pigment density and colour vision Ophthal. Physiol. Opt. 2006; 26:137-147 [download pdf]

H. C. Walkey and J. L. Barbur Guest Editoral: Shedding new light on the twilight zone Ophthal. Physiol. Opt. 2006; 26:223-224 [download pdf]

H. C. Walkey, J. A. Harlow and J. L. Barbur Changes in reaction time and search time with background luminance in the mesopic range Ophthal. Physiol. Opt. 2006; 26:288-299 [download pdf]

Jessica Kvansakul, Marisa Rodriguez-Carmona, David F. Edgar, Felix M. Barker, Wolfgang Köpcke, Wolfgang Schalch and John L. Barbur Supplementation with the carotenoids lutein or zeaxanthin improves human visual performance Ophthal. Physiol. Opt. 2006; 26:363-371 [download pdf]

M. L. Rodriguez-Carmona, J. A. Harlow, G. Walker, and J. L. Barbur The variability of normal trichromatic vision and the establishment of the "normal" range Proceedings of 10th Congress of the International Colour Association. Granada. 2005; 979-982 [download pdf]

Squire T. J., Rodriguez-Carmona M., Evans A. D. B., Barbur J. L. Color Vision Tests for Aviation: Comparison of the Anomaloscope and Three Lantern Types Aviat Space Environ Med 2005; 76:421-9 [download pdf]

Helen C. Walkey, John L. Barbur, J. Alister Harlow, Antony Hurden, Ian R. Morehead, and Julie A. F. Taylor Effective contrast of colored stimuli in the mesopic range: a metric for perceived contrast based on achromatic luminance contrast Journal of the Optics Society of America A 22 (2005) 17-28 [download pdf]

Darryl A. de Cunha, Leila H. Eadie, John L. Barbur, David J. Hawkes, Alexander M. Seifalian The effect of image colour distortion on evaluation of donor liver suitability for transplantation Computers in Biology and Medicine 34 (2004) 615-632 [download pdf]

Barbur, J. L., Moro, S., Harlow, J. A., Lam, B. L., and Liu, M. Comparison of pupil responses to luminance and colour in severe optic neuritis. Clinical Neurophysiology 115 (2004) 2650-2658 [download pdf]

Barbur, J. L., DeCunha, D., Williams, C. B., and Plant, G. Studies of instantaneous colour constancy machanisms in human vision. Journal of Electronic Imaging 13(1), 15-28 (January 2004) [download pdf]

Barbur, J. L. `Double-blindsight' revealed through the processing of color and luminance contrat defined motion signals. Progress in Brain Research Vol. 144, 243-259 (2003). [download pdf]

Barbur, J. L., Understanding Colour. Trends in Cognitive Neurosciences, Vol. 7, 434-436 (2003). [download pdf]

Barbur, J. L., Learning from the pupil - studies of basic mechanisms and clinical applications. In The Visual Neurosciences, Eds. Chalupa, L. M. and Werner, J. S. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (2003). [download pdf]

Barbur, J. L., DeCunha, D., Williams, C. B., and Plant, G. Experimental studies of instantaneous colour constancy – dynamic colour matching under rapid changes of illuminant. Proceedings of SPIE 4662, Eds. Rogowitz, B. E. and Pappas, T. N., 298-314 (2002). SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering. [download pdf]

Barbur, J. L., Prescott, N. B., Douglas, R. H., Jarvis, J. R., and Wathes, C.M. A comparative study of stimulus-specific pupil responses in the domestic fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus) and the human, Vision Res. 42: 249-255 (2002). [download pdf]

Chisholm, C. M., Evans, A. D. B., Harlow, A. J., and Barbur, J. L. New test to assess pilot's vision following refractive surgery, Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine 74: 551-559 (2003).

Wilhelm, B., Wilhelm, H., Moro, S., and Barbur, J. L., Pupil response components - Studies in patients with Parinaud's syndrome, Brain 125: 1-12 (2002). [download pdf]

Barbur, J. L., Chisholm, C. M., Edgar, D. F., and Harlow, A. J. Pass / Fail test for assessing visual performance following corneal refractive surgery. In Non-invasive Assessment of the Visual System (Technical Digest Series), 1, 82-85. 2001. Washington DC, Optical Society of America. [download pdf]

Knoblauch, K., Vital-Durand, F., and Barbur, J. L., Variation of chromatic sensitivity across the life span, Vision Res., 41: 23-36 (2001).

Walkey, H. C., Barbur, J. L., Harlow, A., and Makous, W. Measurements of Chromatic Sensitivity in the Mesopic Range. Colour Research and Application 26, 36-42 (2001). [download pdf]

Barbur, J. L., Harlow, A. J., Moro, S., and Levy, I. S. Perimetric study of relative afferent pupil defects. In Trends in Optics and Photonics Series - Vision Science and its Applications, 35, 26-29. 2000. Ed., Lakshminarayanan, V. Washington DC, Optical Society of America. [download pdf]

Barbur, J. L., Weiskrantz, L., and Harlow, J. A. The unseen color aftereffect of an unseen stimulus: insight from blindsight into mechanisms of color afterimages Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.U.S.A. 96 (20): 11637-11641 (1999).

Barbur, J. L., Chisholm, C. M., and Harlow, A. J. Effects of increased scattered light on visual performance. In Non-invasive Assessment of the Visual System (Technical Digest Series), 1, 6-9. 1999. Washington DC, Optical Society of America.

Weiskrantz, L., Cowey, A., and Barbur, J. L., Differential pupillary constriction and awareness in the absence of striate cortex, Brain 122: 1533-1538 (1999).


Applied Vision Research Centre

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