Ways of Seeing - The Scope and Limits of Visual Cognition

Zusatztext . . . another fine book from the Oxford Cognitive Science Series . . . this is an excellent book! Klappentext An eminent philosopher and a world famous neuroscientist collaborate on the question of what it really means to see. A truly interdisciplinary book! it blends neurophysiology! electrophysiological studies! cognitive psychology! psychophysics! and the philosophy of mind! to create a valuable contribution to the field of cognitive science. Zusammenfassung 'Ways of Seeing' is a unique collaboration between an eminent philosopher and a world famous neuroscientist. It focuses on one of the most basic human functions - vision. What does it mean to 'see'. It brings together electrophysiological studies, neuropsychology, psychophysics, cognitive psychology, and philosophy of mind. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: What is human visual cognition Part I: The Purposes of Vision: Perceiving, Thinking and Acting 1: The representational theory of the visual mind Part II: Empirical Evidence for the Duality of Visual Processing 2: Multiple pathways in the primate visual system 3: Dissociations of visual functions by brain lesions in human patients 4: The varieties of normal human visual processing Part III: Perceiving objects and grasping them 5: Visual perception 6: Visuomotor representations Part IV: The perception of action 7: Seeing humans act Epilogue: The two visual systems revisited

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• Authors: Charles Heckscher, Pierre Jacob, Pierre ( Jacob, Pierre (Researcher At Cnrs Jacob, Pierre Jeannerod Jacob, Jacob Pierre, Marc Jeannerod, Jeannerod Marc, Michael Maccoby
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.10.2003
• EAN: 9780198509219
• ISBN: 978-0-19-850921-9
• No. of pages: 308
• Series: Oxford Cognitive Science Series; Oxford Cognitive Science (Pape; Oxford Cognitive Science Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, Perception, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind, MEDICAL / Neurology, PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Psychology: states of consciousness, Neurosciences, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Conscious & unconscious