Preface to the First Edition |
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Preface to the Second Edition |
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Preface to the Third Edition |
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Preface to the Fourth Edition |
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PART I THE PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS OF VISUAL PERCEPTION |
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3 | (22) |
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Light and the information it carries |
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4 | (3) |
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The evolution of light-sensitive structures |
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7 | (7) |
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The adaptive radiation of the vertebrate eye |
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14 | (9) |
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23 | (2) |
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The Neurophysiology of the Retina |
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25 | (18) |
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The retina of the horseshoe crab |
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25 | (3) |
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28 | (9) |
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37 | (5) |
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42 | (1) |
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Visual Pathways in the Brain |
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43 | (34) |
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The lateral geniculate nucleus |
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45 | (2) |
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47 | (10) |
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Beyond the striate cortex |
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57 | (5) |
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The human brain: Two visual pathways? |
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62 | (7) |
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Dynamics and feedback in the visual pathway |
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69 | (5) |
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74 | (3) |
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PART II VISION FOR AWARENESS |
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Approaches to the Psychology of Visual Perception |
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77 | (8) |
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Marr's theory of visual perception |
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80 | (2) |
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Connectionist models of visual perception |
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82 | (3) |
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Images, Filters, and Features: The Primal Sketch |
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85 | (34) |
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Light, surfaces, and vision |
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85 | (1) |
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86 | (13) |
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99 | (4) |
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Other routes to the primal sketch |
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103 | (4) |
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Energy models for feature detection |
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107 | (4) |
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Some unresolved questions in multi-scale vision |
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111 | (2) |
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Illusory contours and orientation coding |
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113 | (4) |
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117 | (2) |
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119 | (50) |
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120 | (3) |
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Gestalt laws of organisation |
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123 | (6) |
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Concealment and advertisement |
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129 | (3) |
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Perceptual organisation in other species |
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132 | (2) |
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Why do the Gestalt laws work? |
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134 | (1) |
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Artificial intelligence approaches to grouping |
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134 | (6) |
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Finding texture boundaries |
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140 | (6) |
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The neurophysiology of texture segmentation |
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146 | (5) |
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Suppressive surrounds: Psychophysics |
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151 | (8) |
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Beyond filters: Contours and surfaces |
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159 | (8) |
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167 | (2) |
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169 | (40) |
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171 | (16) |
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187 | (10) |
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197 | (4) |
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201 | (5) |
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206 | (3) |
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The Computation of Image Motion |
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209 | (56) |
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First principles: Motion as orientation in space-time |
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210 | (3) |
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213 | (8) |
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221 | (6) |
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A hierarchy of processing in the motion energy system: From VI to MT |
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227 | (7) |
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234 | (6) |
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Second-order and ``long-range'' motions |
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240 | (7) |
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The integration of motion measurements |
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247 | (6) |
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Motion from feature tracking |
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253 | (2) |
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Spatial variations in the velocity field |
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255 | (3) |
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Position, motion, and eye movements |
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258 | (6) |
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264 | (1) |
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265 | (36) |
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Simple mechanisms of recognition |
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266 | (2) |
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More complex recognition processes |
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268 | (1) |
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268 | (2) |
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270 | (2) |
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272 | (4) |
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Marr and Nishihara's theory of object recognition |
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276 | (5) |
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Beyond generalised cones: Recognition by components |
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281 | (6) |
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Viewpoint-dependent recognition |
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287 | (2) |
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Discriminating within categories of objects: The case of face recognition |
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289 | (8) |
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297 | (1) |
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298 | (3) |
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PART III VISION FOR ACTION |
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Introduction to the Ecological Approach to Visual Perception |
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301 | (14) |
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J.J. Gibson's theory of perception |
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302 | (9) |
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The control of human action |
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311 | (3) |
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314 | (1) |
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Optic Flow and Locomotion |
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315 | (30) |
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Optic flow and retinal flow |
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315 | (1) |
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The visual control of insect flight |
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316 | (11) |
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Visual control of posture and locomotion |
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327 | (16) |
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343 | (2) |
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Vision and the Timing of Actions |
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345 | (22) |
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Scaling an action with distance |
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345 | (3) |
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Timing actions from optic flow |
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348 | (10) |
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Continuous visual control |
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358 | (5) |
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363 | (2) |
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365 | (2) |
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Perception of the Social World |
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367 | (38) |
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Perceiving other animals' behaviour |
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367 | (10) |
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Human perception of animate motion |
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377 | (11) |
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388 | (14) |
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402 | (3) |
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Contrasting Theories of Visual Perception |
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405 | (14) |
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Cognitive and ecological theories of perception |
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405 | (8) |
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413 | (3) |
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416 | (3) |
References |
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Appendix: On-line Resources for Perception and Vision Science |
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455 | (2) |
Glossary |
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457 | (8) |
Author Index |
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465 | (10) |
Subject Index |
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