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Book SynopsisIn recent years there have been major advances in understanding visual processing. This work brings together experts from various disciplines, ranging from computer science to neuropsychology, to discuss how the work carried out in their field fits into the broader context of vision research.
Table of ContentsContructing the perception of surfaces from multiple cues, Kent A. Stevens' visual analysis and representation of spatial relations, Roger J. Watt; modern theories of Gestalt perception, Stephen J. Palmer; thinking visually, Kris N. Kirby and Stephen M. Kosslyn; perceiving and recognizing faces, Vicki Bruce; the breakdown approach to visual perception - neuropsychological studies of object recognition, Glyn W. Humphreys et al; mechanisms which mediate discrimination of 2-D spatial patterns in distributed images, Keith H. Ruddock; the analysis of 3-D shape - psychological principles and neural mechanisms, Andrew J. Parker et al; identification of disoriented objects - a dual-systems theory, Pierre Jolicoeur; surface layout from retinal flow, Mike Harris et al; neural facades - visual representations of static and moving form-and-colour-and-depth, Stephen Grossberg.
