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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      June 2012
      July 2008
      ISBN:
      9780511801556
      9780521883191
      9780521709644
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511801556
      Dimensions:
      (246 x 189 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.67kg, 222 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (246 x 189 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.52kg, 222 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Life Sciences, Physiology and Biological Physics, Neurosciences
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    Building on the successful formula of the first edition, Martin Tovée offers a concise but detailed account of how the visual system is organised and functions to produce visual perception. He takes his readers from first principles; the structure and function of the eye and what happens when light enters, to how we see and process images, recognise patterns and faces, and through to the most recent discoveries in molecular genetics and brain imaging, and how they have uncovered a host of new advances in our understanding of how visual information is processed within the brain. Incorporating new material throughout, including almost 50 new images, every chapter has been updated to include the latest research, and culminates in helpful key points, which summarise the lessons learnt. This book is an invaluable course text for students within the fields of psychology, neuroscience, biology and physiology.

    Reviews

    ‘The book has many attractions. In a lively and enthusiastic way the author takes us on a journey of fascinating discoveries artfully woven together … The writing is lucid, succinct, thoughtful and highly informative … I highly recommend this book for use in advanced undergraduate and graduate classes … The book deserves a place on the shelf of everyone interested in the current state of vision research and in the paths the field of vision research might take in the near future.’

    Lothar Spillmann Source: Trends in Neuroscience

    ‘… if you are looking for a brief, wide-ranging introductory text on vision then this book fits the bill.’

    Mark Scase Source: Bulletin of the Applied Vision Association

    ‘… an up to date textbook.’

    Source: New Scientist

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