Nigel Daw

How Vision Works

The Physiological Mechanisms Behind What We See

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book covers all aspects of the visual system from sensory aspects to eye movements, attention, and visual memory in a brief format. Each chapter describes the psychology, followed by where in the brain that aspect is dealt with, the properties of the cells in that area, and what happens if a patient has a lesion or stroke in that area.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 676g
• ISBN-13: 9780199751617
• ISBN-10: 0199751617
• Artikelnr.: 34437873

Autorenporträt

Nigel Daw was educated in the UK, and went into Biophysics to get his PhD at Johns Hopkins University. After a postdoctoral Fellowship with David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel at Harvard, he became a faculty member at Washington University in St Louis, becoming Acting Chairman in Physiology, then in Neurobiology. After 23 years, he transferred to Yale, and served there as Professor until he retired.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Organization of the visual system
3. Brightness and Contrast
4. Color Vision
5. Perception of Motion
6. Depth Perception
7. Objects and Faces
8. Control of eye movements
9. Adaptation and after-effects
10. Attention
11. Visual Memory
12. Summary
13. Appendix: Circadian Rhythms and Pupillary Reflex
14. Glossary