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Space and time in perception and action
Responsibility | edited by Romi Nijhawan, Beena Khurana |
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Material Type | Book |
Publisher | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press |
Year | 2010 |
Language | English |
Size | xiii, 567 p. : ill. ; 26 cm |
Abstract | What is the instantaneous position of a moving object from the point of view of the observer? How does the tennis player know when and where to place the racket in order to return a 120 mph serve? Doe... time stop sometimes and go faster at others? Space, time and motion have played a fundamental role in extending the foundations of nineteenth-and twentieth-century physics. Key breakthroughs resulted from scientists who focused not just on measurements based on rulers and clocks, but critically also on the role of the observer. Research targeted on the observer's capabilities and limitations raises a promising new approach that is likely to forward our understanding of neuroscience and psychophysics.show more |
Holdings
Status | Volume | Location | Call No. | Printed | Collection Name | Barcode No. | Comments | Reserve | Copy | Automatic archive |
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: hard | Central Library 3C_48‐52 | 心理/NI/57 | 2010 |
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021212011005470 |
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: hard | DESIGN,Research Room | 141.2/N73 | 2010 |
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050212014001912 |
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Bibliographic details
Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index Summary: "What is the instantaneous position of a moving object from the point of view of the observer? How does a tennis player know when and where to place their racket in order to return a 120 mph serve? Does time stop sometimes and go faster at others? Space, time and motion have played a fundamental role in extending the foundations of 19th and 20th century physics. Key breakthroughs resulted from scientists who focused not just on measurements based on rulers and clocks, but also on the role of the observer. Research targeted on the observer's capabilities and limitations raises a promising new approach that is likely to forward our understanding of neuroscience and psychophysics. Space and Time in Perception and Action brings together theory and empirical findings from world-class experts and is written for advanced students and neuroscientists with a particular interest in the psychophysics of space, time and motion"--Provided by publisher |
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Authors | Nijhawan, Romi Khurana, Beena |
Subjects | LCSH:Space perception LCSH:Time perception LCSH:Space and time MESH:Visual Perception MESH:Psychophysics MESH:Vision, Ocular |
Classification | LCC:QP491 NLM:2010 F-452 NLM:WW 105 DC22:612/.0145 |
ID | 1001457671 |
ISBN | 9780521863186 |
NCID | BB03612172 |
Vol | : hard ; ISBN:9780521863186 |
Created Date | 2011.10.18 |
Modified Date | 2015.02.25 |