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Visual perception : physiology, psychology and ecology / Vicki Bruce, Patrick R. Green, Mark Georgeson.

By: Bruce, VickiContributor(s): Green, Patrick R | Georgeson, MarkMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Hove : Psychology Press, 2003Edition: 4th editionDescription: xii, 483 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9781841692388 (pbk.) :; 1841692387 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Visual perception | Visual perception -- Physiological aspects | Visual perception -- Psychological aspects | Perception | Physiological & neuro-psychology | Ophthalmology | PsychologyDDC classification: 152.14
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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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