Active Vision The Psychology of Looking and Seeing [Paperback]

More than one third of the human brain is devoted to the processes of seeing--vision is after all the main way in which we gather information about the world. This book is unique in focusing on vision as an active process. It goes beyond most accounts of vision where the focus is on seeing, to provide an integrated account of seeing and looking. Written by two leading vision scientists, this book will be valuable for vision researchers and psychology students.

1. Passive Vision and Active Vision
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Passive vision
1.3. Visual attention
1.4. Active vision
1.5. Active vision and vision for action
1.6. Investigative procedures
2. Background to Active Vision
2.1. The inhomogeneity of the visual projections
2.2. Parallel visual and oculomotor pathways
2.3. The oculomotor system
2.4. Saccadic eye movements
2.5. Summary
3. Visual Selection, Covert Attention and Eye Movements
3.1. Covert and overt attention
3.2. Covert spatial attention
3.3. The relationship between covert and overt attention
3.4. Speed of attention
3.5. Neurophysiology of attention
3.6. Non-spatial attention
3.7. Active vision and attention
3.8. Summary
4. Visual Orienting
4.1. Introduction
4.2. What determines the latency of orienting saccades?
4.3. Physiology of saccade attention
4.4. What determines the landing position of orienting saccades?
4.5. Physiology of the WHERE system
4.6. The Findlay and Walker model
4.7. Development and plasticity
5. Visual Sampling during Text Reading
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Basic patterns of visual sampling during reading
5.3. Perception during fixations in reading
5.4. Language processing
5.5. Control of fixation duration
5.6. Control of landing position
5.7. Theories of eye control
5.8. Practical aspects of eye control in reading
5.9. Overview
6. Visual Search
6.1. Visual search tasks
6.2. Theories of visual search
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