The Perception and Cognition of Visual Space

Paul Linton

ISBN 10: 3319882120 / ISBN 13: 9783319882123

Published by Springer International Publishing Aug 2018, 2018

About this Item

This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book explores a central question in the study of depth perception - 'does the visual system rely upon objective knowledge and subjective meaning to specify visual depth ' Linton advances an alternative interpretation to the generally accepted affirmative answer, according to which many of the apparent contributions of knowledge and meaning to depth perception are better understood as contributions to our post-perceptual cognition of depth. In order to defend this position a new account of visual cognition is required, as well as a better understanding of the optical and physiological cues to depth.This book will appeal to students and researchers in psychology, vision science, and philosophy, as well as technologists and content creators working in virtual and augmented reality. 180 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Perception and Cognition of Visual Space
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing Aug 2018
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319882120
• ISBN 13: 9783319882123
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu

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Synopsis

Articulates a central tension between perception and cognition in the depth perception literature

Resists the claim that depth perception is a product of Bayesian Cue Integration

Suggests that pictorial cues and many perceptual illusions are in fact purely cognitive

About the Author

Paul Linton has taught philosophy at Oxford University and University College London, and is currently engaged in research on the optical, physiological, and cognitive cues to depth perception at the Centre for Applied Vision Research, City, University of London.