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Zusatztext Actually this would be a delightful book to place in the hands of newcomers to the field, for it provides many of the essentials while leaving plenty of issues open to argument...The [authors] are to be commended for accomplishing [their] goals with admirable freshness and clarity. Klappentext This volume presents an integrated view of how we perceive the spatial relations in our visual world, covering anatomical, physiological, psychophysical, and perceptual aspects. The authors discuss the visual system primarily in terms of spatial frequency analysis using a linear systems approach. They review evidence supporting a local, patch-by-patch spatial frequency filtering of visual information rather than the global Fourier analysis other researchers have proposed. A separate chapter addresses the special issues surrounding color vision, and a brief, nonmathematical introduction to linear systems analysis is included for the uninitiated reader. Zusammenfassung Designed to present neuroscientists, cognitive psychologists and ophthalmologists with an integrated view of how humans perceive the spatial relations in their visual world, this study covers anatomical, physiological, psychological and perceptual aspects. Inhaltsverzeichnis Linear systems analysis; Optics; Retino-geniculate anatomy and physiology; Striate cortex; Contrast sensitivity and acuity; Multiple spatial-frequency channels; Sensitivity to color variations; Spatial localization: phase and position; Two-dimensional patterns; Analysis of three-dimensionally-varying patterns; Nonlinearities; Why localized spatial frequency filtering?.
