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Color Psychology And Color Therapy; A Factual Study Of The Influence of Color On Human Life.
Title:
Color Psychology And Color Therapy; A Factual Study Of The Influence of Color On Human Life.
Author:
Birren, Faber.
ISBN:
9781786258663
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (244 pages)
Contents:
Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- DEDICATION -- PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION -- INTRODUCTION TO THE REVISED EDITION -- PREFACE -- PART 1-THE HISTORICAL ASPECTS -- CHAPTER 1-The Inspired Mystics -- THE EYE OF GOD -- THE RACES OF MAN -- THE QUARTERS OF THE EARTH -- THE PLANETS -- CHINESE ASTROLOGY -- THE ZODIAC -- THE GOLDEN AGE -- CHAPTER 2-The Bewildered Philosophers -- ANCIENT REMEDIES -- PRINCIPAL COLORS -- THE ELEMENTS -- HIPPOCRATES AND AFTER -- AVICENNA, THE ARABIAN -- THE ALCHEMISTS -- PARACELSUS -- THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT -- CHAPTER 3-THE AMULET WEARERS -- PHLOGISTON AND ETHER -- THE DEVOTIONALISTS -- AMULETS AND CHARMS -- THE EFFICACY OF GEMS -- PLANTS AND HERBS -- THE SYMBOLISM OF RED -- OTHER COLORS -- SUPERSTITION TODAY -- CHAPTER 4-The Aural Healers -- ASTRAL LIGHT -- THE ASTRAL WORLD -- THE MODERN VIEWPOINT -- BORDERLINE SCIENCE -- THE WORK OF KILNER -- THE WORK OF BAGNALL -- CHAPTER 5-The Eager Chromopaths -- THE WORK OF PANCOAST -- THE WORK OF BABBITT -- THE THERAPEUTIC PRIMARIES -- BABBITT'S THEORIES -- SOLAR DRUGS -- BABBITT'S DISCIPLES -- HESSEY'S THEORIES -- THE PRESCRIPTION OF COLOR -- PRELUDE TO MODERN THINKING -- PART 2-THE BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS -- CHAPTER 6-Electromagnetic Energy -- BOYLE AND NEWTON -- AFTER NEWTON -- THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM -- HELIOTHERAPY -- NIELS R. FINSEN -- PHOTOSENSITIVITY -- EFFECTS OF ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT -- FLUORESCENCE -- RADIOSENSITIVITY -- THE EFFECTS OF RADIOACTIVE ENERGY -- CHAPTER 7-The Growth of Plants -- GENERAL A. J. PLEASANTON -- OTHER INVESTIGATORS -- MODERN CONCLUSIONS -- LENGTH OF DAY -- THE EFFECT OF COLOR -- MITOGENETIC RAYS -- CHAPTER 8-Invertebrates and Vertebrates -- THE LOWLY AMOEBA -- INSECTS -- INSECT REPELLENTS -- FISHES -- THE TURTLE -- LUMINESCENCE -- PROTECTIVE COLORATION -- REACTIONS TO LIGHT AND COLOR -- MAMMALS -- CHAPTER 9-Diagnosis through Color -- BORDERLINE PRACTICE.

THE TOKENS OF DISEASE -- COLORED VISION -- WHAT THE EYE SHOWS -- VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES -- MENTAL DISORDERS -- CHAPTER 10-The Effects of Visible Light -- THE MEDICAL PROFESSION -- PHOTOBIOLOGY -- THE DISCOVERY OF RAAB -- LIGHT SENSITIVITY -- URTICARIA SOLARE -- THERAPEUTIC STUDIES -- THE EFFECT OF RED COLORS -- THE EFFECT OF BLUE COLORS -- REACTIONS THROUGH THE EYE -- THE HUMAN ORGANISM -- PART 3-THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS -- CHAPTER 11-Emotional Reactions -- REACTIONS IN GENERAL -- RESEARCH IN COLOR PSYCHOLOGY -- THE WORK OF KURT GOLDSTEIN -- TIME, LENGTH, AND WEIGHT ESTIMATIONS -- COLOR AND OTHER HUMAN SENSES -- OTHER RESEARCH -- CHAPTER 12-Neurotics and Psychotics -- THE WORK OF DEUTSCH -- THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENT -- CASE HISTORIES -- PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS -- AURORATONE FILMS -- MENTAL DISORDERS -- THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COLOR -- CHAPTER 13-Associations and Analogies -- COLORS AND SOUNDS -- MODERN RESEARCH -- COLORS AND FOODS -- THE TACTILE SENSE -- LANGUAGE -- COLOR AND FORM -- COLOR AND PERSONALITY -- SYMBOLISM -- CHAPTER 14-The Anatomy of Beauty -- A UNIVERSAL COLOR ORDER -- COLOR COMBINATIONS -- THE WORK OF GUILFORD -- NATURAL LAWS OF HARMONY -- SCIENTIFIC THEORIES -- THE ELEMENTS OF SENSATION -- MODES OF APPEARANCE -- PHYSICS AND PSYCHOLOGY -- OTHER PSYCHOLOGICAL PHENOMENA -- CHAPTER 15-This Illusory World -- COLOR AND ILLUMINATION -- THE MAGIC OF COLOR CONSTANCY -- SYNESTHESIA-"COLOR THINKERS" -- THE FLIGHT OF COLORS -- THE WORK OF JAENSCH -- THE EIDETIC FACULTY -- PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY -- PSYCHIC PHENOMENA -- PART 4-THE VISUAL ASPECTS -- CHAPTER 16-The Anomalies of Seeing -- PRIMITIVE VISION -- THE OPTICS OF SEEING -- THE RETINA -- THE CORTICAL RETINA -- VISUAL PURPLE -- THE HUMAN EQUATION -- SPEED OF VISION -- THE BLIND SPOT -- AFTERIMAGES -- THE DYNAMICS OF SEEING -- CHAPTER 17-Color Blindness and Night Blindness -- COLOR VISION THEORY.

THE YOUNG-HELMHOLTZ THEORY -- COLOR BLINDNESS -- NORMAL COLOR VISION -- TRICHROMATS AND DICHROMATS -- LACK OF OXYGEN -- NIGHT VISION -- THE DARK-ADAPTED EYE -- COLOR AND NIGHT VISION -- ACCELERATED DARK ADAPTATION -- CHAPTER 18-Problems of Eyestrain -- WHAT IS EYESTRAIN? -- FREQUENCY OF EYE DEFECTS -- THE CAUSES OF EYESTRAIN -- THE RESULT OF EYESTRAIN -- OTHER MANIFESTATIONS -- ILLUMINATION -- BRIGHTNESS ENGINEERING -- CHAPTER 19-Functional Color -- VISIBILITY -- TINTED BACKGROUNDS -- COLOR CONDITIONING -- THE CASE AGAINST WHITE -- A REVIEW OF PRINCIPLES -- TYPES OF COLORS -- THE MEDICAL PROFESSION -- NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE BOARD -- U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE -- SAFETY -- CHAPTER 20-The Prescription of Color -- THE EFFECTS OF THE MAJOR HUES -- MONOTONY VS. VARIETY -- THE IMPORTANCE OF SEQUENCE -- COLOR SPECIFICATIONS -- COLOR AND MEDICAL SCIENCE -- PART 5-NEW BIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FINDINGS -- CHAPTER 21-New Biological and Psychological Findings -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Additional Bibliography.
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