Why We See What We Do: An Empirical Theory of Vision

by R. Beau Lotto and Dale Purves

Book Overview

This provocative book reviews a broad range of evidence leading to the conclusion that the visual system is not organized to generate a veridical representation of the physical world, but rather a statistical reflection of the visual history of the species and the individual observer. Thus, what humans actually see is a reflexive manifestation of past rather than a logical analysis of the present. The idea that the images we consciously entertain...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878937528
• ISBN13: 9780878937523
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Sinauer Associates
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.2" x 9.3"