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Visual perception : the neurophysiological foundations /
This book presents an interdisciplinary overview of the main facts and theories that guide contemporary research on visual perception. While the chapters cover virtually all areas of visual science, from philosophical foundations to computational algorithms, and from photoreceptor processes to neuro...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Diego :
Academic Press,
�1990.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Visual Perception: The Neurophysiological Foundations; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; I. The Historical Context of Modem Visual Science; II. Current Trends; Chapter 2. Relating Neural Mechanisms to Visual Perception: Historical and Philosophical Considerations; Chapter 3. The Domain of Visual Science; I. Visual Science as a Scientific Domain; II. Domain Criteria; III. Analogies; IV. Linking Propositions; V. Patterns of Reasoning; VI. Bridges
- Chapter 4. Interspecies Comparisons in the Understanding of Human Visual PerceptionI. Introduction; II. Comparative Aspects of Cat Spatial Vision; III. Insights into Human Color Vision from Studies of Other Mammals; IV. Color Vision in Goldfish: A Model for Human Color Vision?; V. Spectral Sensitivity of Humans, Rhes us Monkeys, and Neurons; VI. Comparison of Human and Monkey Visual Motion Perception; VII. Conclusions; Chapter 5. The Control of Visual Sensitivity: Receptoral and Postreceptoral Processes; I. Introduction; II. The Light Stimulus; III. Psychophysical Findings
- IV. Physiological FindingsV. The Sites of Visual Adaptation:Integrating Psychophysical and Physiological Findings; VI. Conclusions; Chapter 6. Parallel Processing of Visual Information; I. Introduction; II. The Formation of Parallel Pathways; III. Importance of Early Filtering; IV. General Purpose Pathways; V. Analysis of Signals in the Cortex; VI. General Conclusions; Chapter 7. The Perception of Brightness and Darkness: Relations to Neuronal Receptive Fields; I. Introduction; II. Basic Perceptual Phenomena; III. The ON- and OFF-Channels of the Visual System
- IV. Perceptual Correlates of ON- and OFF-ChannelsV. Single Channel and Multichannel Models of Border Contrast Effects; VI. Conclusion; Chapter 8. Color Perception: Retina to Cortex; I. Introduction; II. Color Appearance; III. Photopigments, Cones, and Primary Chromatic Mechanisms; IV. Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Color Opponency in Retinal Ganglion Cells; V. Detection of Light and Discrimination of Color; VI. Segregation of Form, Color, Movement, and Depth Processing in the Visual System; VII. Color Vision and Brain Damage; VIII. Conclusion; Chapter 9. The Perception of Motion
- I. IntroductionII. The Many Functions of Motion; III. Spatial Limits to Motion; IV. Integration of Information; V. Heuristics for Motion Perception; VI. Cortical Mechanisms; VII. Motion Perception by a Moving Observer; VIII. Conclusions and Speculations; Chapter 10. The Perception of Form:Retina to Striate Cortex; I. Introduction; II. Optical Filtering and Photoreceptor Sampling; III. Spatial Sampling, Cortical Magnification, and Hyperacuity; IV Spatial Filtering from Retina to Striate Cortex; V. Psychophysical Measurement of Spatial Filters; VI. Anatomy and Psychophysics of Cortical Modules