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How do we spot a familiar face from across a crowded room, and know that we're not waving to a complete stranger? How can we judge that the oncoming car is approaching too fast for us to cross the road safely, and we're better off waiting at the kerb? Basic Vision: An Introduction to Visual Perception demystifies the processes through which the brain 'sees'. It leads us through the various elements that come together as our perception of the world around us: the perception of size, colour, motion, and three-dimensional space. It illustrates the intricacy of the visual system, discussing its development during infancy, and revealing how the brain can get it wrong, either as a result of brain damage, through which the network of processes become compromised, or through illusion, where the brain compensates for mixed messages by seeing what it thinks should be there, rather than conveying the reality. The book also demonstrates the importance of contemporary techniques and methodology, and neuroscience-based techniques in particular, in driving forward our understanding of the visual system.With a sense of enthusiasm for the subject that pervades the book, Basic Vision will motivate and engage even the most reluctant learner, opening up to an undergraduate audience this stimulating yet challenging subject for the first time.Online Resource Centre:For Lecturers: Figures from the book available to download, to facilitate lecture preparation Customizable course outlines and student handouts, to facilitate lecture deliveryTest bank of multiple choice questions - a readily available tool for either formative or summative assessmentFor the student: Annotated web links, giving students ready access to these additional learning resourcesUpdate section, giving links to web sites and journal articles to illustrate to the student developments in the field since the book published

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• Figure acknowledgements(p. xiii)
• 0 A trailer to the book(p. 1)
• An apology(p. 2)
• The problem(p. 2)
• Vision in action(p. 5)
• Illusions(p. 8)
• Damage to the system(p. 11)
• The brain(p. 13)
• The study of vision(p. 16)
• Readings and references(p. 17)
• Possible essay titles, tutorials, and questions of interest(p. 17)
• 1 The first steps in seeing(p. 19)
• The eye(p. 20)
• The photoreceptors(p. 32)
• The retinal ganglion cells(p. 35)
• Beyond the eye - the optic nerve(p. 35)
• The lateral geniculate nucleus(p. 36)
• Readings and references(p. 41)
• Possible essay titles, tutorials, and questions of interest(p. 42)
• 2 Signalling changes(p. 43)
• Introduction(p. 44)
• A problem(p. 44)
• Retinal ganglion cells and receptive fields(p. 45)
• Receptive fields and image processing(p. 50)
• Some effects of retinal processing(p. 56)
• Conclusion(p. 63)
• Readings and references(p. 64)
• Possible essay titles, tutorials and questions of interest(p. 64)
• 3 To the cortex(p. 66)
• The primary visual cortex (aka V1, striate cortex, area 17)(p. 67)
• Orientation selectivity(p. 68)
• Organization of primary visual cortex(p. 73)
• Simple cells(p. 77)
• Complex cells(p. 80)
• Hypercomplex cells(p. 81)
• Trigger features(p. 83)
• Face cells(p. 84)
• The grandmother cell hypothesis(p. 85)
• Beyond V1 - the extrastriate areas(p. 86)
• Readings and references(p. 93)
• Possible essay titles, tutorials, and questions of interest(p. 94)
• 4 Spatial vision(p. 96)
• Experiments on humans(p. 97)
• The tilt after-effect(p. 98)
• A neural explanation of the tilt after-effect(p. 99)
• Tilt-specific threshold elevation(p. 104)
• The size after-effect(p. 105)
• Simultaneous tilt and size illusions(p. 108)
• Size-specific threshold elevation(p. 108)
• Contrast sensitivity(p. 110)
• Peripheral vision(p. 115)
• Retinal versus real size(p. 117)
• Some visual illusions explained?(p. 121)
• Readings and references(p. 126)
• Possible essay titles, tutorials, and questions of interest(p. 127)
• 5 Colour vision(p. 129)
• Introduction(p. 130)
• What is colour, and why would you want to see it?(p. 130)
• The nature of light(p. 131)
• A single-cone system - monochromatic vision(p. 137)
• A two-cone system - dichromatic vision(p. 140)
• A three-cone system - trichromatic vision(p. 147)
• Comparing activity in cones - colour opponency(p. 150)
• Colour-opponent cells(p. 152)
• Two-colour vision systems(p. 153)
• Colour blindness(p. 154)
• Cortical processes in colour vision(p. 157)
• Colour constancy(p. 157)
• Back to the cortex(p. 160)
• Cerebral achromatopsia(p. 161)
• Readings and references(p. 163)
• Possible essay titles, tutorials, and questions of interest(p. 164)
• 6 The perception of motion(p. 166)
• Two ways of seeing movement(p. 167)
• A motion detector(p. 171)
• The motion after-effect(p. 175)
• Speed(p. 177)
• Apparent motion(p. 179)
• Motion blindness and area MT (V5)(p. 181)
• How do we tell what moves and what stays still?(p. 188)
• Vection and stability(p. 188)
• Vection and vomit(p. 192)
• Conclusion(p. 193)
• Readings and references(p. 193)
• Possible essay titles, tutorials, and questions of interest(p. 194)
• 7 The third dimension(p. 196)
• Introduction(p. 197)
• Stereoscopic vision(p. 199)
• The correspondence problem and random dot stereograms(p. 207)
• Physiological mechanisms and disparity(p. 211)
• Stereo-blindness(p. 212)
• Motion parallax(p. 213)
• Pictorial cues(p. 214)
• Size constancy, depth perception, and illusions(p. 220)
• Conclusions(p. 226)
• Readings and references(p. 226)
• Possible essay titles, tutorials, and questions of interest(p. 227)
• 8 The development of vision(p. 229)
• Introduction(p. 230)
• Measuring a baby's vision(p. 231)
• Selective rearing experiments(p. 242)
• Problems of vision(p. 245)
• Putting things right(p. 247)
• Active versus passive vision(p. 248)
• Vision in old age(p. 251)
• Readings and references(p. 251)
• Possible essay titles, tutorials, and questions of interest(p. 252)
• 9 Attention and neglect(p. 254)
• Introduction(p. 255)
• Moving attention(p. 257)
• Spot the difference - change blindness(p. 259)
• Objects and space(p. 265)
• Visual search(p. 269)
• Feature integration theory(p. 273)
• Guided search(p. 276)
• Neglect(p. 277)
• Readings and references(p. 281)
• Possible essay titles, tutorials, and questions of interest(p. 282)
• 10 The perception of faces(p. 284)
• The face as a special stimulus(p. 285)
• Just how good are we at recognizing faces?(p. 287)
• Feature configurations(p. 291)
• Recognizing individuals(p. 295)
• Physiology of face recognition(p. 302)
• Prosopagnosia(p. 307)
• Delusions(p. 309)
• Conclusions(p. 313)
• Readings and references(p. 313)
• Possible essay titles, tutorials, and questions of interest(p. 314)
• 11 Vision and action(p. 316)
• 'What' and 'where' streams in vision(p. 317)
• Blindsight(p. 318)
• The superior colliculus route(p. 321)
• Balint-Holmes syndrome or optic ataxia(p. 325)
• Visual form agnosia(p. 328)
• Dissociation of perception and action(p. 329)
• Eye movements(p. 331)
• Saccadic suppression(p. 334)
• Eye movements in real tasks(p. 335)
• Conclusion(p. 342)
• Readings and references(p. 342)
• Possible essay titles, tutorials, and questions of interest(p. 343)
• 12 How we know it might be so...(p. 345)
• Anatomical techniques(p. 346)
• Recording techniques(p. 348)
• Microstimulation(p. 361)
• Lesioning(p. 361)
• Neuropsychology(p. 364)
• Psychophysics(p. 365)
• Readings and references(p. 374)
• Possible essay titles, tutorials, and questions of interest(p. 374)
• Index(p. 377)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Peter Thompson, Ph.D., has been the Sydney Mayer Lecturer in Early American History at Oxford University since January 1993. He earned his doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania and spent four years as Lecturer in American History at Princeton University. He resides in England.

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