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The visual brain in action / A. David Milner, Melvyn A. Goodale.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Milner, A. D. (A. David), author.
- Goodale, Melvyn A., author.
- Series:
- Oxford psychology series ; no. 43.
- Oxford psychology series ; 43
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Visual cortex.
- Visual pathways--Evolution.
- Visual pathways.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (328 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- First published in 1995, this book presents a model for understanding the visual processing underlying perception and action, proposing a broad distinction within the brain between two kinds of vision: conscious perception and unconscious 'online' vision.
- Contents:
- Introduction : vision from a biological viewpoint
- Visual processing in the primate visual cortex
- 'Cortical blindness'
- Disorders of spatial perception and the visual control of action
- Disorders of visual recognition
- Dissociations between perception and action in normal subjects
- Attention, consciousness, and the coordination of behaviour
- Epilogue : twelve years on.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-294) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-852473-0
- 9786611160111
- 0-19-154572-4
- 1-281-16011-3
- 1-4356-2076-3
- OCLC:
- 1027202310
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