Visual perception : physiology, psychology, and ecology

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Visual perception : physiology, psychology, and ecology

Vicki Bruce, Patrick R. Green, Mark A. Georgeson

Psychology Press, c1996

3rd ed

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Bibliography: p. 381-411

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780863774508

Description

This edition contains over 460 additional references and the treatment of visual psychology in the early chapters has been extensively revised.

Table of Contents

  • Light and eyes
  • the neurophysiology of the retina
  • visual pathways in the brain
  • introduction to psychological approaches to visual perception
  • images, filters and features - the primal sketch
  • perceptual organization
  • perceiving depth
  • object recognition
  • connectionist models of visual perception
  • introduction to the ecological approach to visual Perception
  • Visual Guidance Of Animal Locomotion
  • Visual Guidance Of human action
  • the computation of image motion
  • theories of the control of action
  • event perception
  • perception of the social world
  • contrasting theories of visual perception.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780863774515

Description

This edition contains over 460 additional references and the treatment of visual psychology in the early chapters has been extensively revised.

Table of Contents

Part I. The Physiological Basis of Visual Perception. Light and Eyes. The Neurophysiology of the Retina. Visual Pathways in the Brain. Part II. Processing Retinal Images. Approaches to the Psychology of Visual Perception. Images, Filters and Features: The Primal Sketch. Perceptual Organisation. Perceiving Depth. The Computation of Image Motion. Object Recognition. Connectionist Models of Visual Perception. Part III. Visual Information for the Control of Action. Introduction to the Ecological Approach to Visual Perception. Visual Guidance Of Animal Locomotion. Visual Guidance of Human Action. Theories of the Control of Action. Event Perception. Perception of the Social World. Part IV. Conclusions. Contrasting Theories of Visual Perception.

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  • NCID
    BA29013631
  • ISBN
    • 0863774504
    • 0863774512
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Hove
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiii, 433 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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