Visual Stress

Zusatztext I enjoyed reading this book, and thought it valuable for several reasons ... anyone who lectures to psychology undergraduates and wants to provide some practial justification for talking about early visual processing will find plenty of supporting material here ... anyone who needs to take vision research out of the laboratory into the field ... will find the general approach and much of the detail stimulating ... the book reports a large amount of data, much of it with immediate, obvious, practical applications, which are sensibly and cautiously discussed ... the book represents a substantial achievement in applied vision research. Klappentext This book provides the first general and unified theory of visual discomfort. Based on the author's observation that people find certain visual stimuli uncomfortable--and that these same stimuli induce seizures in patients with photosensitive epilepsy--the book offers fascinating insights into a variety of visual stresses that arise from design! reading! lighting! television! and VDU terminals. A range of techniques for preventing and treating visual discomfort--from color therapy to precision tinting of spectacle lenses--are described in detail. Students and researchers in perceptual psychology! visual science! neurology! and optometry will want to read this pioneering new work. Zusammenfassung This book provides the first general and unified theory of visual discomfort. The theory is based on the observation that people find certain visual stimuli uncomfortable, and that these same stimule induce seizures in patients with photosensitive epilepsy. The theory is applied to a variety of everyday problems such as eye strain from reading, lighting, television and VDU terminals, and more generally from design. A variety of techniques for preventing and treating visual discomfort are described.

Product details

• Authors: A. Wilkins, Arnold J. Wilkins, Arnold J. ( Wilkins, Arnold J. (Mrc Applied Psychology Unit Wilkins, Wilkins Arnold J.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.02.1995
• EAN: 9780198521747
• ISBN: 978-0-19-852174-7
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Oxford Psychology Series; Oxford Psychology Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Ophthalmology, MEDICAL / Neurology, Ophthalmology, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology