Stability and Constancy in Visual Perception: Mechanisms and Processes (Wiley Series in Behavior)

William Epstein

ISBN 10: 0471243558 / ISBN 13: 9780471243557

Published by Wiley-Interscience, 1977

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Hardcover, xi + 463 pages. A foreign institute's stamps & numbers on a few pages. Interior is gently age-toned, with minor tanning, free of foxing. A small brown mark in side margin of a couple of leaves, else clean condition with unmarked text; little internal creasing. Age-toned outer page edges. Firm secure binding. Sturdy vinyl boards with scuffed edges. Dust jacket is noticeably edge-worn with short tears and areas of loss, shelfwear, scuffing, corner folds; inner panels yellowed and spotted. -- "The book provides an in-depth examination of visual perception and constancy, keystone subjects of perceptual psychology. In a series of original essays, 15 leading members of the international scientific community report on their investigations. Using new techniques, new information, and new methods of analysis, they offer fresh insights into the important problems in the field. The first chapter offers an interesting historic overview of the field, and the last chapter brings into focus a variety of methodological, empirical, and theoretical questions that recur in the essays. By presenting the work of a widely dispersed group of investigators working in laboratories around the world, a catholicity of views and modes of analysis are achieved. This book will be of value to experimental psychologists, sensory physiologists, students, and investigators in the field of perception." -- Contents: 1. Historical Introduction to the Constancies / William Epstein; 2. Visuomotor Coordination in Visual Direction and Position Constancies / Wayne Shebilske; 3. The Constancies in Object Orientation: An Algorithm Processing Approach/ Sheldon Ebenholtz; 4. Stereoscopic Depth Constancy/ Hiroshi Ono & James Comerford; 5. The Metric of Visual Space / Walter C. Gogel; 6. Analysis of Causal Relations in the Perceptual Constancies / Tadasu Oyama; 7. Instructions and Perceptual Constancy Judgements / V.R. Carlson; 8. Illusions and Constancies/ Stanley Coren & Joan Girgus; 9. Constancies in the Perceptual World of the Infant / R.H. Day & B.E. McKenzie; 10. ln Defense of Unconscious Inference / lrwin Rock; 11. Spatial Constancy and Motion in Visual Perception / Gunnar Johansson; 12. Lessons in Constancy from Neurophysiology / Whitman Richards; 13. Observations Concerning the Contemporary Analysis of Constancies / William Epstein; Author Index; Subject Index.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stability and Constancy in Visual Perception: Mechanisms and Processes (Wiley Series in Behavior)
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471243558
• ISBN 13: 9780471243557
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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The book provides a completely up-to-date, in-depth examination of visual perception and constancy, keystone subjects of perceptual psychology. In a series of original essays, 15 leading members of the international scientific community report on their investigations. Using new techniques, new information, and new methods of analysis, they offer fresh insights into the important problems in the field. The first chapter offers an interesting historic overview of the field, and the last chapter brings into focus a variety of methodological, empirical, and theoretical questions that recur in the essays. By presenting the work of a widely dispersed group of investigators working in laboratories around the world, a catholicity of views and modes of analysis are achieved. This book will be of value to experimental psychologists, sensory physiologists, students, and investigators in the field of perception. CONTENTS: Historical Introduction to the Constancies/ W.Epstein; Visuomotor Coordination in Visual Direction and Position Constancies/ W.Shebilske; The Constancies in Object Orientation: An Algorithm Processing Approach/ S.Ebenholtz; Stereoscopic Depth Constancy/ H.Ono - J.Comerford; The Metric of Visual Space/ W.C. Gogel; Analysis of Causal Relations in the Perceptual Constancies/ T.Oyama; Instructions and Perceptual Constancy Judgements/ V.R. Carlson; Illusions and Constancies/ S.Coren; Constancies in the Perceptual World of the Infant/ R.H. Day; ln Defense of Unconscious Inference/ l.Rock; Spatial Constancy and Motion in Visual Perception/ G.Johansson; Lessons in Constancy from Neurophysiology/ W.Richards; Observations Concerning the Contemporary Analysis of Constancy/W. Epstein