When most people think of space, they think of physical space.
However, visual space concerns space as consciously experienced,
and it is studied through subjective measures, such as asking
people to use numbers to estimate perceived distances, areas,
angles, or volumes. This book explores the mismatch between
perception and physical reality, and describes the many factors
that influence the perception of space including the meaning
assigned to geometric concepts like distance, the judgment methods
used to report the experience, the presence or absence of cues to
depth, and the orientation of a stimulus with respect to point of
view. The main theme of the text is that no single geometry
describes visual space, but that the geometry of visual space
depends upon the stimulus conditions and mental shifts in the
subjective meaning of size and distance.
In addition, "The Geometries of Visual Space: "
*contains philosophical, mathematical, and psychophysical
background material;
*looks at synthetic approaches to space perception including work
on hyperbolic, spherical, and Euclidean geometries;
*presents a meta-analysis of studies that ask observers to directly
estimate size, distance, area, angle, and volume;
*looks at the size constancy literature in which observers are
asked to adjust a comparison stimulus to match a variety of
standards at different distances away;
*discusses research that takes a multi-dimensional approach toward
studying visual space; and
*discusses how spatial experience is influenced by memory.
While this book is primarily intended for scholars in perception,
mathematical psychology, and psychophysics, it will also be
accessible to awider audience since it is written at a readable
level. It will make a good graduate-level textbook on space
perception.
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