Visual Perception - Physiology, Psychology and Ecology (Paperback, 4th edition)

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. Reflecting recent theoretical developments, the book is organised around the distinction between two broad functions of vision, to provide awareness and to control action.
In Part I, the account of visual processing in the brain has been extensively updated, and evidence from neuroimaging and neuropsychology has been integrated into a critical account of the 'two pathways' theory of visual cortex. The revision of chapters in Part II has given particular attention to recent advances in integrating psychophysical, physiological and computational approaches to problems such as the perception of surfaces and of motion. With the help of new illustrations, full introductions are provided to the key mathematical concepts used in these areas. In Part III, three new chapters draw on evidence from both animal and human behaviour to cover optic flow and locomotion, the timing of actions, and perception of the social world. The concluding chapter considers critically the wider theoretical implications of the distinction between awareness and action as separate functions of vision.
Visual Perception, Fourth Edition will be an invaluable resource for both undergraduate and postgraduate students of psychology, biology, physiology and neuroscience, as well as researchers in the fields of visual neuroscience, visual perception and animal behaviour.

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General

Imprint:	Psychology Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2003
First published:	2003
Authors:	Vicki Bruce • Mark A. Georgeson • Patrick R. Green
Dimensions:	235 x 190 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	496
Edition:	4th edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-84169-238-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Physiological & neuro-psychology Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Ophthalmology Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > Perception
LSN:	1-84169-238-7
Barcode:	9781841692388

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