Visual Space Perception and Action: A Special Issue of Visual Cognition (Special Issues of Visual Cognition) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138878006 ISBN 13: 9781138878006

Publisher: Psychology Press, 2015

Synopsis

Vision is not an end in itself. Instead, it has evolved to assure survival in a dynamic environment. Vision - as well as the other senses - evolved from the necessity to act in this environment. Therefore, perceptual processes and action planning are much more interlocked than evident at first sight. This special issue examines the basic processes of space perception and how these processes interact with action planning and motor control. The tasks under consideration range from the simple localization of a single object to the coordination of a series of events in natural scenes. The contributions were written by various experts in the field, ranging from experimental psychologists, neurophysiologists to computational modellers and philosophers. Each contribution introduces new concepts and ideas that explain how visual space is being established and represented. The overarching question is whether vision and action are based on a single spatial map or on different, interacting spatial representations.

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Jochen Müsseler, A.H.C. Van der Heijden

Edition details

• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1138878006
• ISBN 13: 9781138878006
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 312
• Editor: Müsseler Jochen, Van Der Heijden A.H.C.