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.