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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 an oncoming car is approaching too fast for us to cross the road safely, and immediately determine that we're better off waiting at the curb? 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 in our perception of the world around us: size, color, motion, and three-dimensional space. The book il... MORElustrates the intricacy of the visual system, discussing its development during infancy, and reveals how the brain can get it wrong. It also demonstrates the importance of contemporary techniques and methodology--neuroscience-based techniques in particular--in advancing our understanding of the visual system. With a sense of enthusiasm for the subject that pervades the book, Basic Vision is ideal for undergraduate courses in visual perception. Online Resource Center: For Lecturers: Downloadable figures to facilitate lecture preparation Customizable course outlines and student handouts, to facilitate lecture delivery Test bank of multiple-choice questions - a readily available tool for either formative or summative assessment For Students: Annotated web links that provide ready access to additional learning resources Update section that links to websites and journal articles covering developments in the field since the book published

At last: a textbook on visual perception that is authoritative and cutting-edge - yet still fun to read. Basic Vision: An Introduction to Visual Perception demystifies the processes through which we see undergraduate teaching experience between them, it provides a refreshing new approach for those students who have been left bewildered and jaded by other texts. The book leads the reader step-by-step through the intricacies of visual processing, with full-colour illustrations on nearly every page. The writing style captures the excitement of recent research in neuroscience that has transformed our understanding of visual processing, but delivers it with a humour that keeps the reader enthused, rather than bemused. The first text to make this topic truly accessible to an undergraduate audience: the ideal teaching and learning resource for lecturers and students alike. Absorbing and engaging writing style helps to motivate the student by drawing them into the subject rather than intimidating them. Special emphasis on visual neuroscience takes the student right to the fore-front of current research. Boxes augment the text, expanding and simplifying key concepts. Full colour illustrations throughout enhance the educational value of the book. Book jacket.

Basic Vision demystifies the processes through which the brain 'sees'. It leads us through the perception of size, colour, motion, and three-dimensional space. It demonstrates the importance of contemporary techniques and methodology and neuroscience-based techniques in particular in driving forward our understanding of the visual system.

Cardiff Univ., Wales. Textbook leads the reader step-by-step through the intricacies of visual processing. Topics include vision in action, the photoreceptors, signalling changes, organization of primary visual cortex, spatial vision, perception of motion, stereo-blindness, the development of vision, and more. For students. Softcover.

Figure acknowledgements

xiii

0 A trailer to the book

(283)

An apology

(1)

The problem

... MORE

(3)

Vision in action

(3)

Illusions

(3)

Damage to the system

(2)

The brain

(3)

The study of vision

(1)

Readings and references

(1)

Possible essay titles, tutorials, and questions fit interest

(2)

1 The first steps in seeing

(24)

The eye

(12)

The photoreceptors

(3)

The retinal ganglion cells

(1)

Beyond the eye � the optic nerve

(1)

The lateral geniculate nucleus

(5)

Readings and references

(1)

Possible essay titles, tutorials, and questions of interest

(1)

2 Signalling changes

(23)

Introduction

(1)

A problem

(1)

Retinal ganglion cells and receptive fields

(5)

Receptive fields and image processing

(6)

Some effects of retinal processing

(7)

Conclusion

(1)

Readings and references

(1)

Possible essay titles, tutorials and questions of interest

(2)

3 To the cortex

(30)

The primary visual cortex (aka V1, striate cortex, area 17)

(1)

Orientation selectivity

(5)

Organization of primary visual cortex

(4)

Simple cells

(3)

Complex cells

(1)

Hypercomplex cells

(2)

Trigger features

(1)

Face cells

(1)

The grandmother cell hypothesis

(1)

Beyond VI � the extrastriate areas

(7)

Readings and references

(1)

Possible essay titles, tutorials, and que,tions of interest

(2)

4 Spatial vision

(33)

Experiments on humans

(1)

The tilt after-effect

(1)

A neural explanation of the tilt after-effect

(5)

Tilt-specific threshold elevation

104

(1)

The size after-effect

105

(3)

Simultaneous tilt and size illusions

108

(1)

Size-specific threshold elevation

108

(2)

Contrast sensitivity

110

(5)

Peripheral vision

115

(2)

Retinal versus real size

117

(4)

Some visual illusions explained?

121

(5)

Readings and references

126

(1)

Possible essay titles, tutorials, and questions of interest

127

(2)

5 Colour vision

129

(37)

Introduction

130

(1)

What is colour, and why would you want to see it?

130

(1)

The nature of light

131

(6)

A single-cone system monochromatic vision

137

(3)

A two-cone system - dichromatic vision

140

(7)

A three-colic system - trichromatic vision

147

(3)

Comparing activity in cones - colour opponency

150

(2)

Colour-opponent cells

152

(1)

Two-colour vision systems

153

(1)

Colour blindness

154

(3)

Cortical processes in colour vision

157

(1)

Colour constancy

157

(3)

Back to the cortex

160

(1)

Cerebral achromatopsia

161

(2)

Readings and references

163

(1)

Possible essay titles, tutorials, and questions of interest

164

(2)

6 The perception of motion

166

(30)

Two ways of seeing movement

167

(4)

A motion detector

171

(4)

The motion after-effect

175

(2)

Speed

177

(2)

Apparent motion

179

(2)

Motion blindness and area MT (V5)

181

(7)

How do we tell what moves and what stays still?

188

(1)

Vection and stability

188

(4)

Vection and vomit

192

(1)

Conclusion

193

(1)

Readings and references

193

(1)

Possible essay titles, tutorials, and questions of interest

194

(2)

7 The third dimension

196

(33)

Introduction

197

(2)

Stereoscopic vision

199

(8)

The correspondence problem and random dot stereograms

207

(4)

Physiological mechanisms and disparity

211

(1)

Stereo-blindness

212

(1)

Motion parallax

213

(1)

Pictorial cues

214

(6)

Size constancy, depth perception, and illusions

220

(6)

Conclusions

226

(1)

Readings and references

226

(1)

Possible essay titles, tutorials, and questions of interest

227

(2)

8 The development of vision

229

(25)

Introduction

230

(1)

Measuring a baby's vision

231

(11)

Selective rearing experiments

242

(3)

Problems of vision

245

(2)

Putting things right

247

(1)

Active versus passive vision

248

(3)

Vision in old age

251

(1)

Readings and references

251

(1)

Possible essay titles, tutorials, and questions of interest

252

(2)

9 Attention and neglect

254

(30)

Introduction

255

(2)

Moving attention

257

(2)

Spot the difference � change blindness

259

(6)

Objects and space

265

(4)

Visual search

269

(4)

Feature integration theory

273

(3)

Guided search

276

(1)

Neglect

277

(4)

Readings and references

281

(1)

Possible essay titles, tutorials, and questions of interest

282

(2)

10 The perception of faces

284

(32)

The face as a special stimulus

285

(2)

Just how good are we at recognizing faces?

287

(4)

Feature configurations

291

(4)

Recognizing individuals

295

(7)

Physiology of face recognition

302

(5)

Prosopagnosia

307

(2)

Delusions

309

(4)

Conclusions

313

(1)

Readings and references

313

(1)

Possible essay titles, tutorials, and questions of interest

314

(2)

11 Vision and action

316

(29)

'What' and 'where' streams in vision

317

(1)

Blindsight

318

(3)

The superior colliculus route

321

(4)

B�lint�Holmes syndrome or optic ataxia

325

(3)

Visual form agnosia

328

(1)

Dissociation of perception and action

329

(2)

Eve movements

331

(3)

Saccadic suppression

334

(1)

Eye movements in real tasks

335

(7)

Conclusion

342

(1)

Readings and references

342

(1)

Possible essay titles, tutorials, and questions of interest

343

(2)

12 How we know it might be so...

345

(32)

Anatomical techniques

346

(2)

Recording techniques

348

(13)

Microstimulation

361

(1)

Lesioning

361

(3)

Neuropsychology

364

(1)

Psychophysics

365

(9)

Readings and references

374

(1)

Possible essay titles, tutorials, and questions of interest

374

(3)

Index

377

Robert Snowden is a Professor in the School of Psychology, Cardiff University, where his research spans visual perception, attention, and abnormal psychology.
Peter Thompson is Senior Lecturer in Visual Psychophysics in the Department of Psychology, University of York, where his research examines the perception of motion and speed.
Tom Troscianko is Professor of Psychology in the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol, where his research explores perception, cognition, and action.

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