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dc.contributor.authorStone, James V.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-03T08:48:49Z
dc.date.available2020-08-03T08:48:49Z
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.identifier.isbn9780262517737en_US
dc.identifier.otherHPU2164287en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://lib.hpu.edu.vn/handle/123456789/33425
dc.description.abstractIn this accessible and engaging introduction to modern vision science, James Stone uses visual illusions to explore how the brain sees the world. Understanding vision, Stone argues, is not simply a question of knowing which neurons respond to particular visual features, but also requires a computational theory of vision. Stone draws together results from David Marr's computational framework, Barlow's efficient coding hypothesis, Bayesian inference, Shannon's information theory, and signal processing to construct a coherent account of vision that explains not only how the brain is fooled by particular visual illusions, but also why any biological or computer vision system should also be fooled by these illusions. This short text includes chapters on the eye and its evolution, how and why visual neurons from different species encode the retinal image in the same way, how information theory explains color aftereffects, how different visual cues provide depth information, how the imperfect visual information received by the eye and brain can be rescued by Bayesian inference, how different brain regions process visual information, and the bizarre perceptual consequences that result from damage to these brain regions. The tutorial style emphasizes key conceptual insights, rather than mathematical details, making the book accessible to the nonscientist and suitable for undergraduate or postgraduate study.en_US
dc.format.extent275p.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMIT Pressen_US
dc.subjectVision scienceen_US
dc.subjectVisionen_US
dc.subjectBrainen_US
dc.titleVision and Brain: How We Perceive the Worlden_US
dc.typeBooken_US
dc.size25,6 MBen_US
dc.departmentSociologyen_US


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