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Perception: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
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Perception: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
Series: Very Short Introductions
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Perception is one of the oldest and most deeply investigated topics
in the field of psychology, and it is also raises some profound
philosophical questions. It is concerned with how we use the
information reaching our senses to guide and control our behaviour
as well as to create our particular, subjective experiences of the
surrounding world. In this Very Short Introduction, Brian J. Rogers
discusses the philosophical question of what it means to perceive,
as well as describing how we are able to perceive the particular
characteristics of objects and scenes such as their lightness,
colour, form, depth, and motion. What we perceive, however, does
not always correspond to what exists in the world and, as Rogers
shows, the study of illusions can be useful in telling us something
about the nature and limitations of our perceptual processes.
Rogers also explores perception from an evolutionary perspective,
explaining how evolutionary pressures have shaped the perceptual
systems of humans and other animals. He shows that perception is
not necessarily a separate and independent process but rather part
of a 'perceptual system', involving both the extraction of
perceptual information and the control of action. Rogers goes on to
cover the significant progress made recently in the understanding
of perception through the use of precise and controlled
psychophysical methods, single cell recordings, and imaging
techniques. There have also been many insights from attempts to
model perceptual processes in artificial systems. As Rogers shows,
these attempts have revealed how difficult it is to programme
machines to perform even the most simple of perceptual tasks that
we take for granted. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions
series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in
almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect
way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors
combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to
make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
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