<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,80,80)">Seeing Colors in
Nature</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,80,80)"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:9pt 0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In this Special Issue, we seek
contributions that address seeing colors in nature by both vertebrates and
invertebrates. We encourage analyses from different disciplines – including
behavior, psychophysics, electrophysiology, and genetics – and from a variety
of viewpoints – including evolution, engineering, and aesthetics.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:9pt 0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vision-research/about/forthcoming-special-issues">https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vision-research/about/forthcoming-special-issues</a><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Guest editors:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:9pt 0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Karen Cheney, David Foster,
Almut Kelber, Hidehiko Komatsu and Sérgio Nascimento (coordinating editor)</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Special issue information:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:9pt 0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Color vision is found in many
animals including insects, spiders, fish, amphibia, reptiles, birds, mammals,
and humans. It underpins the detection, discrimination, and recognition of
materials, objects, and other organisms by their reflected light. Yet the
spectral properties of light in natural environments are often complex and
unpredictable, and a challenge for any sensory system to deal with.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:9pt 0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">How well matched is color
vision to real-world spectra and their variation? Are biological solutions just
“good enough” or better than necessary? For example, is the gamut of colors in
nature smaller or larger than expected from the photoreceptor responses in
humans? Likewise in other mammals, birds, fish, and insects? How are brains
adapted to these natural colors? Are they processed differently from less
natural ones? Are colours of moving objects processed in specific ways? Do they
affect inferences about material properties? And how does the daily and
seasonal variation of natural lighting affect color sensing and processing?</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:9pt 0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In this Special Issue, we seek
contributions that address seeing colors in nature by both vertebrates and
invertebrates. We encourage analyses from different disciplines – including
behavior, psychophysics, electrophysiology, and genetics – and from a variety
of viewpoints – including evolution, engineering, and aesthetics.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:9pt 0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We are keen to promote an
integrative approach where specialized findings are set in a larger, more
general and less technical context. Papers on original theoretical and
experimental research are welcome, along with reviews anchored in the
established literature. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Recent issues of Vision Research <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vision-research"><span style="color:blue">https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vision-research</span></a> and
the Guide for Authors <a href="https://www.elsevier.com/journals/vision-research/0042-6989/guide-for-authors"><span style="color:blue">https://www.elsevier.com/journals/vision-research/0042-6989/guide-for-authors</span></a> should
be consulted for style and subject coverage.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Manuscript submission information:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Journal’s submission system is now open for receiving submissions to
our Special Issue. To ensure that all manuscripts are correctly identified for
inclusion into the special issue, it is important to select “<b>VSI:</b> <b>Seeing
Colors in Nature”</b> when you reach the “Article Type” step in the
submission process.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please submit your manuscript via <a href="https://www.editorialmanager.com/ridd/default1.aspx"><span style="color:blue">https://www.editorialmanager.com/vr/default1.aspx</span></a> before <b>31
January 2023</b>.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:9pt 0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">All the submissions deemed
suitable to be sent for peer review will be reviewed by at least two
independent reviewers. Upon its editorial acceptance, your article will go into
production immediately. It will be published in the latest regular issue, while
be presented on the specific Special Issue webpage simultaneously. In regular
issues, Special Issue articles will be clearly marked and branded.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Keywords:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:9pt 0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">color vision in natural
environments; natural color stimuli; ecological color vision;</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Learn more about the benefits of publishing in a special issue: <a href="https://www.elsevier.com/authors/submit-your-paper/special-issues"><span style="color:blue">https://www.elsevier.com/authors/submit-your-paper/special-issues</span></a></span></p>

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editing a special issue and the valuable contribution that you can make to your
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