Looking at Looking An Introduction to the Intelligence of Vision [Paperback]

This volume brings together a selection of the most influential current thinkers in the area of visual perception. We are often confused by our visual systems, for example size distortions, but there is an underlying intelligence to our visual system, even in the face of what would seem to be short-circuits within our sensory processing. This book explores varying views of this intelligence .This volume brings together a selection of the most influential current thinkers in the area of visual perception. We are often confused by our visual systems, for example size distortions, but there is an underlying intelligence to our visual system, even in the face of what would seem to be short-circuits within our sensory processing. This book explores varying views of this intelligence .PART ONE: OUR `SPEAKERS'
Stupid Perceptions? - Irvin Rock
Smart Geometry! - John M Kennedy
Action Potentials to Potential Actions - Richard L Gregory
PART TWO: THEIR `AUDIENCE'
Admirably Adaptive, Occasionally Intelligent - Ulric Neisser
Laurel and Hardy and Me - Ross H Day
Different Bricks, One Tower - Theodore E Parks
PART THREE: SOME `FURTHER LOOKS'
A Further Look - Irvin Rock
Two Stages of Perception
A Further Look - John M Kennedy
Tactics for Detecting Illusions
A Further Look - Richard L Gregory
Inside the Black Box