Prof. Dr. John S. Werner

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsMolecular Biology and Physiology of Neurons and Glial Cells,Clinical Neurology; Neurosurgery and Neuroradiology,Ophthalmology
KeywordsAging, Vision Science
Honours and awards

1994: Humboldt Award (Preis)

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CitySacramento
InstitutionUniversity of California, Davis
Homepagehttp://trc.ucdavis.edu/psychophysics/

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Lothar SpillmannNeurologische Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg
Prof. Dr. Lothar SpillmannInstitut für Biophysik und Strahlenbiologie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg
Prof. Dr. Reinhold KlieglDepartment Psychologie, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam
Prof. Dr. Lothar SpillmannAG Hirnforschung, Brain Research Unit, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg
Prof. Dr. Mark GreenleeInstitut für Psychologie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/05/1995

Programme(s)

1994Humboldt Research Award Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2004John Simon Werner, Svein Magnussen, Lothar Spillmann and Frank Stürzel: Unveiling the foveal blue scotoma through an afterimage. In: Vision Research, 2004, 377-383
2003John Simon Werner, Lothar Spillmann and Baingio Pinna: Anomalous induction of brightness and surface qualities: A new illusion due to radial lines and chromatic rings. In: Perception, 2003, 1289-1305
2003John Simon Werner and Lothar Spillmann: Floyd Ratliff and the Neural Foundations of Perception. In: Gregory A. Kimble and Michael Wertheimer, Portraits of Pioneers in Psychology, Volume V. LEA (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates), 2003. 332-343
2003Werner, J. S., Pinna, B., Spillmann, L.: The watercolor effect: a new principle of grouping and figure-ground organization.. In: Vision Research, 2003, 43-52
2001S. Magnussen, L. Spillmann, F. Stürzel, John Simon Werner, Filling-in of the foveal blue scotoma. In: Vision Research, 2001, 2961-2967
1999K. Shinomori, L. Spillmann, John Simon Werner: S-cone signals to temporal OFF-channels: Asymmetrical connections to postreceptoral chromatic mechanisms. In: Vision Research, 1999, 39-49
1998John Simon Werner: Aging through the eyes of Monet. In: W. G. K. Backhaus, R. Kliegl, John Simon Werner, Color Vision: Perspectives from Different Disciplines. Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1998. 3-41
1998L. Spillmann, John Simon Werner: How do we see what is not there?. In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1998, 773-774
1996L. Spillmann, John Simon Werner: Long-range interactions in visual perception. In: Trends in Neurosciences, 1996, 428-434
1996John Simon Werner: Visual problems of the retina during ageing: Compensation mechanisms and colour constancy across the life span. In: N. N. Osborne, J. Chader, Progress in Retinal and Eye Research. Pergamon Press, 1996. 621-645