The visual brain in action
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The visual brain in action
(Oxford psychology series, no. 27)(Oxford science publications)
Oxford University Press, 1995
- : hbk
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Bibliography: p. [205]-246
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Although the mechanics of how the eye works are well understood, debate still exists as to how the complex machinery of the brain interprets neural impulses supplied by the eye. The authors of this book take a step back to ask, "What is the function of vision?" in an attempt to understand the evolutionary origins and therefore functions of the visual system. They propose that not one, but two "visual brains" exist which are responsible in a quasi-independent way for visual perception and the visual control of action.
Table of Contents
- Vision from a biological viewpoint
- Visual processing in the primate visual cortex
- Cortical blindness
- Disorders of spatial perception and the visual control of action
- Disorders of visual recognition
- Dissociations between perception and action in normal subjects
- Attention, consciousness, and the co-ordination of behaviour.
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