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Overview

Joel Pokorny is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States and contributes to research primarily within the fields of Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work intersects various subfields, notably Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology.

The research topics they focus on include:

  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Neural dynamics and brain function

Joel Pokorny has published papers in notable venues such as the Annual Review of Vision Science, contributing at least one publication there. Their most recent known paper is titled "Fifty Years Exploring the Visual System," published in 2020 in the Annual Review of Vision Science.

Collaboration is a part of their research activity, with frequent co-authors including Vivianne C. Smith.

Best Publications

  • Spectral sensitivity of the foveal cone photopigments between 400 and 500 nm

    Vivianne C. Smith;Joel Pokorny

  • Melanopsin-expressing ganglion cells in primate retina signal colour and irradiance and project to the LGN.

    Dennis M. Dacey;Hsi-Wen Liao;Beth B. Peterson;Farrel R. Robinson

  • Human and macaque pupil responses driven by melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cells

    Paul D.R. Gamlin;David H. McDougal;Joel Pokorny;Vivianne C. Smith

  • Aging of the human lens

    Joel Pokorny;Vivianne C. Smith;Margaret Lutze

  • Luminance and chromatic modulation sensitivity of macaque ganglion cells and human observers.

    Barry B. Lee;Joel Pokorny;Vivianne C. Smith;Paul R. Martin

  • Temporal modulation sensitivity and pulse-detection thresholds for chromatic and luminance perturbations.

    William H. Swanson;Takehiro Ueno;Vivianne C. Smith;Joel Pokorny

  • Horizontal cells of the primate retina: cone specificity without spectral opponency.

    Dennis M. Dacey;Barry B. Lee;Donna K. Stafford;Joel Pokorny

  • Full-spectrum cone sensitivity functions for X-chromosome-linked anomalous trichromats.

    Paul DeMarco;Joel Pokorny;Vivianne C. Smith

  • Spectral sensitivity of color-blind observers and the cone photopigments.

    Vivianne C. Smith;Joel Pokorny

  • Large-field trichromacy in protanopes and deuteranopes

    Vivianne C. Smith;Joel Pokorny

  • Responses to pulses and sinusoids in macaque ganglion cells.

    Barry B. Lee;Joel Pokorny;Vivianne C. Smith;Jan Kremers

  • Psychophysical signatures associated with magnocellular and parvocellular pathway contrast gain

    Joel Pokorny;Vivianne C. Smith

  • Cone–rod receptor spaces with illustrations that use CRT phosphor and light-emitting-diode spectra

    Arthur G. Shapiro;Joel Pokorny;Vivianne C. Smith

  • Rod inputs to macaque ganglion cells

    Barry B. Lee;Vivianne C. Smith;Joel Pokorny;Jan Kremers

  • The abney effect: Chromaticity coordinates of unique and other constant hues

    S A Burns;A E Elsner;J Pokorny;V C Smith

  • Sawtooth contrast sensitivity: decrements have the edge.

    Richard W. Bowen;Joel Pokorny;Vivianne C. Smith

  • Foveal cone thresholds.

    Ram L. Pandey Vimal;Joel Pokorny;Vivianne C. Smith;Steven K. Shevell

  • Responses of macaque ganglion cells and human observers to compound periodic waveforms

    Jan Kremers;Barry B. Lee;Joel Pokorny;Vivianne C. Smith

  • Evaluation of single-pigment shift model of anomalous trichromacy*

    Joel Pokorny;Vivianne C. Smith

  • Threshold temporal integration of chromatic stimuli.

    Vivianne C. Smith;Richard W. Bowen;Joel Pokorny

  • Sight and Mind. An Introduction to Visual Perception

    Joel Pokorny

Frequent Co-Authors

Vivianne C. Smith
Vivianne C. Smith University of Chicago
Barry B. Lee
Barry B. Lee Max Planck Society
Dennis M. Dacey
Dennis M. Dacey University of Washington
Paul D. Gamlin
Paul D. Gamlin University of Alabama at Birmingham
Randy H. Kardon
Randy H. Kardon University of Iowa
Michael D. Abràmoff
Michael D. Abràmoff University of Iowa
King Wai Yau
King Wai Yau Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Gerald A. Fishman
Gerald A. Fishman University of Illinois at Chicago
Paul R. Martin
Paul R. Martin University of Sydney
Samir S. Deeb
Samir S. Deeb University of Washington

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