Vision and Brain
How We Perceive the World
$76.75
- Paperback
264 pages
- Release Date
14 September 2012
Summary
An engaging introduction to the science of vision that offers a coherent account of vision based on general information processing principlesIn this accessible and engaging introduction to modern vision science, James Stone uses visual illusions to explore how the brain sees the world. Understanding vision, Stone argues, is not simply a question of knowing which neurons respond to particular visual features, but also requires a computational theory of vision. Stone draws together results from…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262517737 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262517736 |
| Author: | James V. Stone |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 264 |
| Release Date: | 14 September 2012 |
| Weight: | 476g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 14mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
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Stone has done an excellent job of bringing together many pieces of the visual puzzle, and showing the bigger picture in an engaging, concise, and accessible way for any audience of readers, be they undergraduate or postgraduate.
—Paul Hands, PerceptionAbout The Author
James V. Stone
James V. Stone is a Reader in the Psychology Department of the University of Sheffield. He is coauthor (with John P. Frisby) of the widely used text Seeing- The Computational Approach to Biological Vision (second edition, MIT Press, 2010), and author of Independent Component Analysis- A Tutorial Introduction (MIT Press, 2004).
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