Looking at Looking
An Introduction to the Intelligence of Vision
Edited by:
- Theodore E. Parks - University of California, Davis, USA
September 2000 | 144 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
`The key strengths of this book are the expertise of the contributors, the engaging format, and the interesting examples they us' - Greg Burton, Seaton Hall University
This volume brings together a selection of the most influential current thinkers in the area of visual perception. We are often confused by our visual systems, for example size distortions, but there is an underlying `intelligence' to our visual system, even in the face of what would seem to be short-circuits within our sensory processing. This book explores varying views of this `intelligence`.
PART ONE: OUR `SPEAKERS'
Irvin Rock
Stupid Perceptions?
John M Kennedy
Smart Geometry!
Richard L Gregory
Action Potentials to Potential Actions
PART TWO: THEIR `AUDIENCE'
Ulric Neisser
Admirably Adaptive, Occasionally Intelligent
Ross H Day
Laurel and Hardy and Me
Theodore E Parks
Different Bricks, One Tower
PART THREE: SOME `FURTHER LOOKS'
Irvin Rock
A Further Look
John M Kennedy
A Further Look
Richard L Gregory
A Further Look