NPB Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior

John S. Werner
Professor, Section of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior,
and Jules and Doris Stein RPB Professor of Ophthalmology
Department of Ophthalmology
4860 Y Street, Suite 2400
Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone: 916.734.6817
FAX: 916.734.4543
jswerner (at) ucdavis (dot) edu

Degrees:
Ph.D., Brown University, Walter S. Hunter Laboratory of Psychology, 1979

Teaching Interests:
Visual psychophysics and neural foundations of visual perception, development and aging, color vision in art and science

Research Interests:
My research is concerned with understanding the neurophysiological computations and mechanisms that mediate human vision, particularly changes in color and spatial vision across the life span. Studies in my lab are being conducted with students, postdoctoral associates and other faculty, and are concerned with both normal aging and age-related retinal disease, particularly macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in the elderly.

Selected Publications:
Werner, J.S. & Ratliff, F. (1999) Some origins of the lightness and darkness of colors -- in the visual arts and in the brain. TECHNE - La science au service de l'historire de l'art et des civilisations, No 9-10, 61-73.

Schefrin, B.E., Tregear, S.J., Harvey, L.O. Jr. & Werner, J.S. (1999) Senescent changes in scotopic contrast sensitivity. Vision Research, 39, 3728-3736.

Shinomori, K., Spillmann, L. & Werner, J.S. (1999) S-cone signals to temporal OFF-channels: Asymmetrical connections to postreceptoral chromatic mechanisms. Vision Research, 39, 39-49.

Backhaus, W.G.K., Kliegl, R. & Werner, J.S. (Eds.). (1998) Color Vision: Perspectives from Different Disciplines. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co.

Affiliation:
Center for Neuroscience