Andrew Deck
Phys 105
Reading List for High School Student
Chosen Article: What Birds See. By: Goldsmith, Timothy H.. Scientific American,
Jul2006, Vol. 295 Issue 1, p68-75, 8p, 3 diagrams, 4 graphs, 5c; (AN 21114273)
Background Reading:
Why isn't the sky violet, Daddy? By: Weiss, Peter. Science News, 7/30/2005, Vol.
168 Issue 5, p78-78, 1/7p; (AN 17781841)
This is a nice and simple explanation of why the sky appears blue to the human
eye from a very reliable credible source.
How the light takes you. By: Spinney, Laura. New Scientist, 7/22/2006, Vol. 191
Issue 2561, p52-52, 1p, 1c; (AN 21935921)
A good short description of how color is not perceived the same way by all people
at the same time. It presents the perception of color as something that cannot truly be
measured, but as a relative entity.
Further Reading:
Taking a Bird's-Eye View...in the UV. By: Withgott, Jay. Bioscience, Oct2000,
Vol. 50 Issue 10, p854, 6p, 5c, 1bw; (AN 3681588)
This article describes how the spectrum of light that birds are capable of viewing
is much greater than the visible light spectrum visible to humans.
Feather Colors: What We See. By: Feinstein, Julie. Birder's World, Jun2006, Vol.
20 Issue 3, p46-51, 6p, 1 diagram, 4c; (AN 20783846)
Describes the chemical origins of the wavelengths that are reflected to our eyes
off of birds feathers.
Excluded Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_vision
This is not a credible source because anyone can edit the information on a wiki.
Reading List for College Student
Chosen Article: What Birds See. By: Goldsmith, Timothy H.. Scientific American,
Jul2006, Vol. 295 Issue 1, p68-75, 8p, 3 diagrams, 4 graphs, 5c; (AN 21114273)
Background Reading:
Taking a Bird's-Eye View...in the UV. By: Withgott, Jay. Bioscience, Oct2000,
Vol. 50 Issue 10, p854, 6p, 5c, 1bw; (AN 3681588)
This article describes how the spectrum of light that birds are capable of viewing
is much greater than the visible light spectrum visible to humans.
Andrew Deck
Phys 105
Are Color Categories Innate or Internalized? Hypotheses and Implications. By:
Bimler, David. Journal of Cognition & Culture, 2005, Vol. 5 Issue 3/4, p265-292, 28p;
DOI: 10.1163/156853705774648518; (AN 18744667)
This article takes an in depth look at the origen of the names of colors and what
one color means to one person may mean something different to another person.
Further Reading:
Avian colour vision and avian video playback experiments. By: Cuthill, I. C.;
Hart, N. S.; Partridge, J. C.; Bennett, A. T. D.; Hunt, S.; Church, S. C.. Acta Ethologica,
2000, Vol. 3 Issue 1, p29, 9p, 4 graphs; (AN 4689434)
Article about an experiment done with birds testing the vision of birds with
respect to color stimuli and other tests.
Visual Fields in Short-Toed Eagles, Circaetus gallicus (Accipitridae), and the
Function of Binocularity in Birds. By: Martin, Graham R.; Katzir, Gadi. Brain, Behavior
& Evolution, 1999, Vol. 53 Issue 2, p55-66, 12p; DOI: 10.1159/000006582; (AN
11341776)
A specific study on short-toed eagles and their visibility and eyesight.
Excluded Source:
http://users.mikrotec.com/~pthrush/lighting/cvb.html
This website is an unimpressive article that could have been written by anyone
since there are no requirements to post information on the internet.
Reading List for College Professor
Chosen Article: What Birds See. By: Goldsmith, Timothy H.. Scientific American,
Jul2006, Vol. 295 Issue 1, p68-75, 8p, 3 diagrams, 4 graphs, 5c; (AN 21114273)
Background Reading:
Culture and Cognition: What is Universal about the Representation of Color
Experience? By: Jameson, Kimberly A.. Journal of Cognition & Culture, 2005, Vol. 5
Issue 3/4, p293-347, 55p, 1 chart, 3 diagrams; DOI: 10.1163/156853705774648527; (AN
18744666)
This article again questions the relativity of visible light, it provides an in depth
discussion of the topic. It also has eight pages full of references.
The molecular basis of variation in human color vision. By: Deeb, S.S.. Clinical
Genetics, May2005, Vol. 67 Issue 5, p369-377, 9p; DOI: 10.1111/j.13990004.2004.00343.x; (AN 16567878)
An account of the medical and chemical reasons for color-blindness and
differences in color perception in human beings.
Further Reading:
Andrew Deck
Phys 105
Regional Variation in Receptive Field Properties of Tectal Neurons in Pigeons.
By: Gu, Yong; Wang, Yuan; Wang, Shu-Rong. Brain, Behavior & Evolution, 2000, Vol.
55 Issue 4, p221, 8p; DOI: 10.1159/000006654; (AN 11341718)
Article about the pigeon eyes and the variations in their specific sensors.
Semantic and Perceptual Representations of Color: Evidence of a Shared ColorNaming Function. By: Sayim, Bilge; Jameson, Kimberly A.; Alvarado, Nancy; Szeszel,
Monika K.. Journal of Cognition & Culture, 2005, Vol. 5 Issue 3/4, p427-486, 60p, 15
charts, 5 diagrams, 4 graphs; DOI: 10.1163/156853705774648509; (AN 18744662)
A very detailed investigation of color naming and perception by different
individuals and a very credible source.
Excluded Source:
http://www.rattlesnake.com/notions/birds-color-vision.html
While this website has detailed information about vision of birds, it is not a
credible source due to the ease of internet publishing.
To a friend:
When doing research on an article, make sure that you get your research from
credible and reliable sources. Don’t use wikipedia, for anyone can edit the information on
that website. Try to stay away from google searches, while much information can be
gained from these, you must be careful where the information you use is coming from.
Don’t let your roommates little brother tell you how chemical reactions take place.
Instead utilize a database available to you, if in college, there is most likely one provided
to you by your library. If not, the local public library will surely have one provided for
public use.