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Active vision : the psychology of looking and seeing
| Responsibility | John M. Findlay and Iain D. Gilchrist |
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| Series | Oxford psychology series ; no. 37 |
| Material Type | Book |
| Publisher | Oxford ; Tokyo : Oxford University Press |
| Year | 2003 |
| Language | English |
| Size | xiii, 220 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Abstract | More than one third of the human brain is devoted to the processes of seeing -- vision is after all the main way in which we gather information about the world. But human vision is a dynamic process d...ring which the eyes continually sample the environment. Where most books on vision consider it as a passive activity, this book is unique in focusing on vision as an 'active' process. It goes beyond most accounts of vision where the focus is on seeing, to provide an integrated account of seeing AND looking. The book starts by pointing out the weaknesses in our traditional approaches to vision and the reason we need this new framework. It then gives a thorough description of basic details of the visual and oculomotor systems necessary to understand active vision. The book then goes on to show how this approach can give a new perspective on visual attention, and how it has progressed in the areas of visual orienting, reading, visual search, scene perception and neuropsychology. Finally, the book summarizes progress by showing how the active vision approach sheds new light on the old problem of how we maintain perception of a stable visual world. Written by two leading vision scientists, this book will be valuable for vision researchers and psychology students, from undergraduate level upwards. Book jacket. More than one third of the human brain is devoted to the processes of seeing -- vision is after all the main way in which we gather information about the world. But human vision is a dynamic process during which the eyes continually sample the environment. Where most books on vision consider it as a passive activity, this book is unique in focusing on vision as an 'active' process. It goes beyond most accounts of vision where the focus is on seeing, to provide an integrated account of seeing AND looking. The book starts by pointing out the weaknesses in our traditional approaches to vision and the reason we need this new framework. It then gives a thorough description of basic details of the visual and oculomotor systems necessary to understand active vision. The book then goes on to show how this approach can give a new perspective on visual attention, and how it has progressed in the areas of visual orienting, reading, visual search, scene perception and neuropsychology. Finally, the book summarizes progress by showing how the active vision approach sheds new light on the old problem of how we maintain perception of a stable visual world. Written by two leading vision scientists, this book will be valuable for vision researchers and psychology students, from undergraduate level upwards. Book jacket.show more |
Holdings
| Status | Volume | Location | Call No. | Printed | Collection Name | Barcode No. | Comments | Reserve | Copy | Automatic archive |
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| : pbk | LETTERS, Psychology Research Room | 心理/FI/20 | 2003 |
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Bibliographic details
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-213) and index |
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| Authors | *Findlay, John M. (John Malcolm), 1942- Gilchrist, Iain D. |
| Subjects | LCSH:Visual perception MESH:Visual Perception MESH:Attention MESH:Eye Movements MESH:Neuropsychology |
| Classification | DC21:152.14 NLM:WW 105 |
| ID | 1001249277 |
| ISBN | 0198524803 |
| NCID | BA63691985 |
| Vol | : hbk ; ISBN:0198524803 ; PRICE:£55.00 : pbk ; ISBN:019852479X ; PRICE:£24.95 |
| Created Date | 2009.09.18 |
| Modified Date | 2009.09.18 |