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Levels of Perception

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  • © 2003

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Editors:
  1. Laurence Harris

    1. Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Canada

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  2. Michael Jenkin

    1. Department of Computer Science, York University, Toronto, Canada

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Ian P. Howard and Levels of Perception

    1. Ian P. Howard and Levels of Perception

      • Laurence R. Harris, Ian P. Howard, Michael Jenkin
      Pages 1-8

  3. Brightness and Lightness

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Dualistic Versus Monistic Accounts of Lightness Perception

      • Alan L. Gilchrist, Elias Economou
      Pages 11-22

    3. Levels of Brightness Perception

      • Frederick A. A. Kingdom
      Pages 23-46

    4. A Multiscale Spatial Filtering Account of Brightness Phenomena

      • Barbara Blakeslee, Mark E. McCourt
      Pages 47-72

  4. Levels of Perception

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. Levels of Motion Perception

      • Stuart Anstis
      Pages 75-99

    3. Reconciling Rival Interpretations of Binocular Rivalry

      • Randolph Blake
      Pages 101-126

    4. The Making of a Direction Sensing System for the Howard Eggmobile

      • Hiroshi Ono, Linda Lillakas, Alistair P. Mapp
      Pages 127-147

    5. Levels of Processing in the Size-Distance Paradox

      • Helen E. Ross
      Pages 149-168

    6. The Level of Attention: Mediating Between the Stimulus and Perception

      • Jeremy M. Wolfe
      Pages 169-191

    7. Single Cells to Cellular Networks

      • Robert F. Hess
      Pages 193-210

  5. Eye Movements and Perception

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 211-211
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    2. Levels of Fixation

      • Richard V. Abadi, Richard Clement, Emma Gowen
      Pages 213-229

    3. Plasticity of the Near Response

      • Clifton M. Schor
      Pages 231-255

    4. Population Coding of Vergence Eye Movements in Cortical Area MST

      • A. Takemura, K. Kawano, C. Quaia, F. A. Miles
      Pages 257-270

    5. Tendon End Organs Play an Important Role in Supplying Eye Position Information

      • Martin J. Steinbach
      Pages 271-276

  6. Perception of Orientation and Self-Motion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 277-277
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    2. Levels of Analysis of the Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex: A Postmodern Approach

      • Laurence R. Harris, Karl Beykirch, Michael Fetter
      Pages 279-294
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About this book

In this book the authors relate and discuss the idea that perceptual processes can be considered at many levels. A phenomenon that appears at one level may not be the same as a superficially similar phenomenon that appears at a different level. For example "induced motion" can be analyzed in terms of eye movements or at the retinal level or at a much higher cognitive level: how do these analyses fit together? The concept of levels also makes us think of the flow of information between levels, which leads to a consideration of the roles of top-down and bottom-up (or feed-forward, feed-back) flow. There are sections devoted to vestibular processing, eye movement processing and processing during brightness perception. The final section covers levels of processing in spatial vision. All scientists and graduate students working in vision will be interested in this book as well as people involved in using visual processes in computer animations, display design or the sensory systems of machines.

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From the reviews:

"Levels of Perception is a collection of papers from a 2001 conference held to honour Ian Howard. … This is an excellent additional resource … . this book would be an excellent way for students to begin thinking seriously about levels of perception and how to experimentally attack these levels rigorously. … achieves its main aim, namely to be a suitable tribute to the work of Ian Howard, and to the underlying philosophy driving that work." (Andrew Wilson, Perception, Vol. 32 (8), 2003)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Canada

    Laurence Harris

  • Department of Computer Science, York University, Toronto, Canada

    Michael Jenkin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Levels of Perception

  • Editors: Laurence Harris, Michael Jenkin

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b97853

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-95525-4Published: 27 January 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-7835-9Published: 24 April 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-22673-6Published: 29 April 2006

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 434

  • Number of Illustrations: 126 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Neurology, Cognitive Psychology, Ophthalmology, Neurobiology, Neurosciences, Artificial Intelligence

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