Vision Research is a journaldevoted to the functional aspects of human, vertebrate and invertebrate visionand publishes experimental and observational studies, reviews, and theoreticalpapers firmly based upon the current facts of visual science. Vision Researchalso accepts experimental studies in which clinical material has been used toaddress an issue of basic research interest, or where basic research methodshave been used to address an issue of clinical importance, or where basicresearch may have, as yet unapplied, clinical relevance, as far as mechanismsof function or dysfunction of the visual system are concerned. The wordsclinical and vision sciences should be interpreted in the broadest sense, asrepresented by the areas of expertise of the members of the Editorial Board.Papers reporting detailed investigations are encouraged and authors should beadvised to include enough background material in the introduction of theirpapers so that they are comprehensible to the non-specialist. The purpose oftheoretical papers is to give a higher sense of order to the facts as they arepresently known, or to point to new observations which can be verifiedexperimentally. Papers dealing with questions in the history of visual scienceshould lay stress upon the history of ideas in this field.Vision Research has always welcomed the broadest interpretation ofvisual science.