How Vision Works: The Physiological Mechanisms Behind What We See

Daw, Nigel

ISBN 10: 0199751617 / ISBN 13: 9780199751617

Published by OUP USA, 2012

About this Item

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. Num Pages: 288 pages, 193 black and white and 4-color illustrations. BIC Classification: JMR; JMRP; JMTC; MJQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 710. . 2012. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How Vision Works: The Physiological Mechanisms Behind What We See
• Publisher: OUP USA
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199751617
• ISBN 13: 9780199751617
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

This book covers all aspects of the visual system from sensory aspects to eye movements, attention, and visual memory. There are many books that cover the psychology and physiology of a single aspect of vision, such as color vision or eye movements. Other larger texts may offer encyclopedic coverage of the psychology of all aspects of vision. However, this is the only book on the market covering the psychology, anatomy, and physiology of all aspects of the visual system in 300 pages.

Each chapter addresses a separate aspect of vision, describing the basic phenomena, where in the brain this aspect of vision occurs, the properties of the cells in those areas, and the deficits that result from a lesion or stroke in those areas. In addition to extensive illustrations, the book contains the author's selection of the literature, from the classic 19th century papers to the present. This text is designed for graduate students and advanced undergraduates in psychology, optometry, physiology, anatomy, and medicine who want to get a broad view rather than one confined to their particular discipline.

About the Author

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.