Since the publication of the first edition in 1966, Eye and Brain has established itself worldwide as an essential introduction to the basic phenomena of visual perception. Richard Gregory offers clear explanations of how we see brightness, movement, color, and objects, and he explores the phenomena of visual illusions to establish principles about how perception normally works and why it sometimes fails.
Illusion continues to be a major theme in the book, which provides a comprehensive classification system. There are also sections on what babies see and how they learn to see, on motion perception, the relationship between vision and consciousness, and on the impact of new brain imaging techniques.
I know how hidden layers of synthetic neural networks can specialize in „vision” on multiple level of abstraction the biggest question now is how is the learning implemented in our brains.
This book stated many more questions than it answered but that’s fine.
كتاب رائع جداً يتكلم عن بنُية العين ثم كيفية النظر والإبصار ليصل إلى كيفية تحليل الدماغ والعقل لهذه المعلومات جُل الكتاب يتحدث عن الوهم، اسبابه ومصدره. Amazing book speak about eyes and sight and how brain and mind analyze those information. A great deal of the book speak about illusion what cause them, there source.
A very informative and entertaining book. A lot of interesting history pieces behind the scientific discovery about sight. I skimmed through it the first time, and need to re-read it in order to fully understand many of the complicated scientific experiments included in the book.
The thing I love the most about this book is that is creates a world of curiosity, where we shall ask question naively like little kids.
An introduction to the science of seeing which I thought was really accessible for a layman like me. I found the first 8 chapters really interesting, but was left a bit confused by the last 3 ones about art, illusions, and speculations which where either too abstract or too complex for me.
This is a classic must-read for lovers of the visual arts and writers. He enlightens the readers in the mind-boggling psychological biases underlying how we see the world. He explains in terms of scientific dissemination why we literally see only what we are ready to see.
B. I read this book many years ago, in college, and seeing it cited in On The Move, decided to reread. It is about the physiology of the eye and the psychology of visual perception.
Ha fatto il suo tempo e spesso pare scritto per un lettore occasionale mentre in altre fa riferimento a contenuti meno accessibili per quello stesso lettore.
This was a frustrating read for me. Again and again i felt like the descriptions and explanations were not sufficiently detailed/clear as to yield understanding. But the subject is very interesting.
Very engaging with informative text and ample illustrations. The book is well-written in "understandable English". It answers many of the question involving the mystery and magic of human vision by explaining how we see what we see. I particularly liked the inference of psychology and its relationship to art. This book is a good read that any one interested in art or psychology would enjoy.The only, small downside is what experience a person might bring to the subject of vision. Vision, is afterall, one of our most complicated human senses that most people take for granted. After reading this book, that will all change!
um, i'm reading it for school, but it's a good collection of eye/brain phenomena and helps you to think about perception and the schema through which you perceive.
I discovered this fascinating book by reading the autobiography "Roman by Polanski" in my eagerness to learn about the topic and how it associated to images projected through film and storytelling.