Spatial vision is a subject in which philosophy, psychology, ophthalmology, neurophysiology and pathology meet. It is the unique contribution of this book that gives a survey of the whole subject, in historical perspective. The author, a former professor of ophthalmology at the University of Amsterdam, is an authority in the field of binocular vision (Diplopia, 1973) and colour vision (History of Color, 1999). Seeing Space is written for ophthalmologists, optometrists, orthoptists and other practitioners of visual science, but also for psychologists and anybody interested in the philosophy and science of perception. The book contains three parts: Part I contains chapters on objective and subjective space and on non-visual space perception. Part II begins with a short survey of the visual system. As eye movements are of crucial importance in the perception of space, the evolution of the eye and the eye movements is described. There are chapters on the perception of direction, stereoscopic depth and movement. A sensorimotor theory of space perception is elaborated. Part III is dedicated to the perception of objects. There are chapters on the perception of contours, surfaces, dimensionality and size (including the ''moon illusion''). Finally the problem of the relation between mind and matter is raised, but not solved.
Author(s): Robert A. Crone
Edition: 1
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 185
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 2
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 14
Part I......Page 16
1. A Short History of Space1......Page 18
2. Perceptual Space......Page 26
3. Non-Visual Spatial Perception......Page 34
Part II: The Visual Perception of Space......Page 40
4. Some Basic Facts about the Visual System......Page 42
5. The Evolution of the Eye and the Movements of the Eye1......Page 58
6. Directional Vision......Page 70
7. Stereoscopic Perception of Depth1......Page 98
8. The Pathology of Binocular Depth Perception: Squint and Amblyopia......Page 128
9. The Perception of Movement......Page 140
10. Theories of the Visual Perception of Space......Page 148
PART III: Identification of Objects in Space......Page 160
11. Contours and Surfaces......Page 162
12. Seeing Objects in Depth......Page 172
13. The Perception of Size......Page 182
14. The Neurophysiology and Neuropathology of the Perception of Objects1......Page 186
References......Page 190
Index......Page 196
