Introduction to the Senses - From Biology to Computer Science

Informationen zum Autor Terry R. J. Bossomaier is Professor in Computer Systems and Director of the Centre for Research in Complex Systems (CRiCS) at Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Australia. He is particularly interested in sensory information in the context of vision and hearing and was involved in the creation of the first degree course in computer games in Australia in 2000. Klappentext Using information theory as a unifying framework, this is a wide-ranging survey of sensory systems, covering all known senses. Zusammenfassung Using information theory as a unifying framework! this is a wide-ranging survey of sensory systems! covering all known senses. It highlights how an understanding of the senses is important not only across the biological sciences but also in applied areas such as human computer interaction! robotics and computer games. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword; 1. Introduction and overview; 2. Understanding sensory systems; 3. Introduction to Fourier theory; 4. Introduction to information theory; 5. Hearing; 6. Basic strategies of vision; 7. The correspondence problem: stereoscopic vision, binaural hearing and movement; 8. The properties of surfaces: colour and texture; 9. Non-human sensory systems; 10. Sensory integration; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Terry Bossomaier, Terry R. J. Bossomaier, Terry R. J. (Charles Sturt University Bossomaier, Terry R.j. Bossomaier
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2012
• EAN: 9780521812665
• ISBN: 978-0-521-81266-5
• No. of pages: 358
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > General, dictionaries; PHYSIOLOGY, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biophysics, Human-Computer Interaction, Neurosciences, Biophysics, Human–computer interaction