Visual perception : physiology, psychology and ecology /

Bruce, Vicki.

Visual perception : physiology, psychology and ecology / Vicki Bruce, Patrick R. Green, Mark Georgeson. - 4th edition. - Hove : Psychology Press, 2003. - xii, 483 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Previous ed., 1996.

Includes bibliographical references, glossary of terms and indexes.

Part 1: The physiological basis of visual perception Light and eyes The neurophysiology of the retina Visual pathways in the brain Part 2: Vision for awareness- - Approaches to the psychology of visual perception-- Images, filters and features: the primal sketch Perceptual organisation Seeing a 3-D world The computation of image motion Object recognition Part 3: Vision for action Introduction to the ecological approach to visual perception Optic flow and locomotion Vision and the timing of actions Perception of the social world Part 4: Conclusions Contrasting theories of visual perception.

The new edition of this comprehensive text continues to provide a detailed and up-to-date account of research on visual perception, while maintaining the emphasis of earlier editions on the functional context of vision. Interesting illustrations enhance the text.

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Visual perception.
Visual perception--Physiological aspects.
Visual perception--Psychological aspects.
Perception.
Physiological & neuro-psychology.
Ophthalmology.
Psychology.

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