Visual intelligence
Subtitle: how we create what we see
By: Donald D. Hoffman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780393046694
Subjects: Visual perception; Vision; Human information processing; Neuropsychology
Description: "In an informal style replete with illustrations, cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman presents the compelling scientific evidence for vision's constructive powers, and in so doing he unveils a grammar of vision - a set of rules that govern our perception of line, color, form, depth, and motion.

Hoffman also describes the loss of these constructive powers in patients who have suffered devastating impairments: the artist who can no longer see or dream in color; the woman who, having lost her perception of motion, can no longer cross the street. Finally, Hoffman explores the spinoff of visual intelligence in the arts and technology from the dynamics of film special effects to the visual worlds of virtual reality."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-276) and index.
Table of contents: title: A creative genius for vision; title: Inflating an artist's sketch; title: The invisible surface that glows; title: Spontaneous morphing; title: The day color drained away; title: When the world stopped moving; title: The feel of a phantom; title: Peeking behind the icons; title: Epilogue