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Title: Visual Perception: Physiology, Psychology and Ecology by Vicki Bruce, Patrick R. Green, Mark Georgeson, M.A. Georgeson ISBN: 0-86377-451-2 Publisher: Psychology Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $38.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Not perfect, but the best out there
Comment: I have used this book for over ten years now as one of the texts in an intermediate level cognitive science course on perception and action. Each year I review the new offerings in the field, and each year I come back to this book as the best available. Its greatest strengths are (1) the thoroughness with which it covers both the theoretical disputes and the empirical literature on vision, (2) its broadly interdisciplinary nature, including work from the neurosciences, artificial intelligence, and human and animal behavior, and (3) its emphasis on the deep connections between how we see and how we move. This combination of approaches is simply not to be found in any other book on vision. Understanding the last of these -- that the way we see is thoroughly integrated with how we move about in the world -- will change your view of a great many things about human nature.
What keeps it from being perfect? The writing style of the book is clunky at times, and sometimes the exposition isn't as clear as it could be, so that readers who are new to the subject may have to work hard at some points to understand some of the more complex material. However, you'll be rewarded for your efforts if you make them. All in all, a great introduction to a fascinating set of issues.
Rating: 5
Summary: You gotta read it!
Comment: Whatever your interest area is, related to perception, of course, here you can find a very complete guide to visual perception; not very simple, neither too deep, just what you need for becoming almost an expert in a short time.
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Title: High-Level Vision: Object Recognition and Visual Cognition by Shimon Ullman ISBN: 0262710072 Publisher: The MIT Press Pub. Date: 31 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $38.00 |
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Title: Spatial Vision (Oxford Psychology Series, No. 14) by Russell L. De Valois, Karen K. De Valois ISBN: 019506657X Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1990 List Price(USD): $79.50 |
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Title: Foundations of Vision: Behavior, Neuroscience and Computation by Brian A. Wandell ISBN: 0878938532 Publisher: Sinauer Associates Pub. Date: 01 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $87.95 |
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Title: Essentials of Human Memory by Alan D. Baddeley ISBN: 0863775454 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group Pub. Date: 01 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Vision Science: Photons to Phenomenology by Stephen E. Palmer ISBN: 0262161834 Publisher: Bradford Books Pub. Date: 07 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $80.00 |
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