Theories of visual perception /
A clear critical account of the major approaches to understanding visual perception. It explains why approaches to theories of visual perception differ so widely and places each theory into its historical and philosophical context.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hove, East Sussex ; New York :
Psychology Press,
2004
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Theory and method; 2 The Gestalt theory; 3 Brunswik's probabilistic functionalism; 4 The neurophysiological approach to visual perception; 5 Empiricism perception as a constructive process; 6 Direct perception and ecological optics the work of J J Gibson; 7 Marr's computational approach to visual perception; 8 Some final remarks on theories of visual perception; References; Author index; Subject index.
