Seeing Space

by Robert A. Crone

Overview

Spatial vision is a subject in which philosophy, psychology, ophthalmology, neurophysiology and pathology meet. It is the unique contribution of this book that gives a survey of the whole subject, in historical perspective. The author, a former professor of ophthalmology at the University of Amsterdam, is an authority in the field of binocular visi

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135302139
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	01/01/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	185
File size:	19 MB
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About the Author

Robert A. Crone

Table of Contents

Part I: 1. A Short History of Space 2. Perceptual Space 3. Non-visual Spatial Perception Part II: The Visual Perception of Space 4. Some Basic Facts About the Visual System 5. The Evolution of the Eye and the Movements of the Eye 6. Directional Vision 7. Stereoscopic Perception of Depth 8. The Pathology of Binocular Depth Perception: Squint and Amblyopia 9. The Perception of Movement 10. Theories of the Visual Perception of Space Part III: Identification of Objects in Space 11. Contours and Surfaces 12. Seeing Objects in Depth 13. The Perception of Size 14. The Neurophysiology and Neuropathology of the Perception of Objects