Human Perception of Objects

Early Visual Processing of Spatial Form Defined by Luminance, Color, Texture, Motion, and Binocular Disparity

David Regan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

577 Seiten

2000
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-87893-753-0 (ISBN)

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This upper-level textbook begins with the concepts of modern psychophysical vision research (as opposed to vision system physiology), before detailing aspects of the processes that allow us to distinguish objects from their surroundings. The author then forms an integrated model of these processes, drawing on material in earlier chapters. Ten appendices present more advanced material for students with little knowledge of physics or mathematics.

DAVID REGAN was born in England and attended Imperial College, London, where he earned his B.Sc. and M.Sc., both in physics. He was later awarded a Ph.D. in physics at King's College, London. After teaching physics for some years, he moved to the Research Department of Communication and Neuroscience at Keele University, before relocating to Canada in 1975. He is currently NSERC/CAE Industrial Research Professor of Vision and Aviation, co-director of the Human Performance in Space Laboratory and Professor in the departments of Psychology and Biology at York University, Toronto, as well as Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Toronto.

How Do We See Ojects? Conceptualizing The Question and Tackling It.- Luminance-Defined Form.- Color-Defined Form.- Texture-Defined Form.- Motion-Defined Form.- Disparity-Defined Form.- Integration of the Five Kinds of Spatial Information, and Some Speculation.- Appendix A: Systems Science and Systems Analysis.- Appendix B: Outline of Fourier Methods and Related Topics.- Appendix C: Imaging.- Appendix D: Opponent-Process and Line-Element Models of Spatial Discriminations.- Appendix E: Rectification, Linearizing "ON" and "OFF" Physiological Systems, and Clynes's Theory of Physiological Rein Control.- Appendix F: A Note on Spatial Sampling and Nyquist's Theorem.- Appendix G: The Measurement of Light.- Appendix H: Linear and Logarithmic Scales: The Decibel.- Appendix I: Elements of Vector Calculus.- Appendix J: Hypotheses, Experiments, Serendipity, Journals, and Grants.- References.- Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.4.2000
Zusatzinfo	577 p.
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 228 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Augenheilkunde
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Physiologie
ISBN-10	0-87893-753-6 / 0878937536
ISBN-13	978-0-87893-753-0 / 9780878937530
Zustand	Neuware