Visual Control of Locomotion

Brett R. Fajen (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

75 Seiten

2021
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-79927-0 (ISBN)

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This Element examines visual perception in the context of activities that involve moving about in complex, dynamic environments. A central theme is that the ability of humans and other animals to perceive their surroundings based on vision is profoundly shaped by the need to adaptively regulate locomotion to variations in the environment. As such, important new insights into what and how we perceive can be gleaned by investigating the connection between vision and the control of locomotion. I present an integrated summary of decades of research on the perception of self-motion and object motion based on optic flow, the perception of spatial layout and affordances, and the control strategies for guiding locomotion based on visual information. I also explore important theoretical issues and debates, including the question of whether visual control relies on internal models.

1. Introduction; 2. Optic flow and the perception of self-motion; 3. Perception of spatial layout and affordances by an active observer; 4. Strategies for on-line visual control; 5. The internal-model debate; 6. Concluding remarks.

Erscheinungsdatum	19.04.2021
Reihe/Serie	Elements in Perception
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	230 x 150 mm
Gewicht	140 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-108-79927-2 / 1108799272
ISBN-13	978-1-108-79927-0 / 9781108799270
Zustand	Neuware