An introduction to the visual system / Martin J. Tovée.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tovée, Martin J. (Martin James), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vision.

Visual perception.

Visual pathways.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 212 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Building on the successful formula of the first edition, Martin Tovée offers a concise but detailed account of how the visual system is organised and functions to produce visual perception. He takes his readers from first principles; the structure and function of the eye and what happens when light enters, to how we see and process images, recognise patterns and faces, and through to the most recent discoveries in molecular genetics and brain imaging, and how they have uncovered a host of new advances in our understanding of how visual information is processed within the brain. Incorporating new material throughout, including almost 50 new images, every chapter has been updated to include the latest research, and culminates in helpful key points, which summarise the lessons learnt. This book is an invaluable course text for students within the fields of psychology, neuroscience, biology and physiology.

Contents:

Introduction

The eye and forming the image

Retinal colour vision

The organisation of the visual system

Primary visual cortex

Visual development : an activity-dependent process

Colour constancy

Object perception and recognition

Face recognition and interpretation

Motion perception

Brain and space

What is perception?

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-209) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-18579-3

0-511-80155-6

0-511-64999-1

0-511-41301-7

0-511-57429-0

0-511-41393-9

OCLC:

476173742