Introduction to the Visual System

Name: Introduction to the Visual System
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ISBN: 9780521709644

ISBN-10: 0521709644

ISBN-13: 9780521709644

Edition: 2nd 2008

Authors: Martin J. Tovï¿½e

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Building on the successful formula of the first edition, Martin Tov_e 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…

Book details

List price: $59.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/3/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 222
Size: 7.50" wide x 10.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English




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?