Levels of Perception [Hardcover]

Laurence Harris (Editor), Michael Jenkin (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2003 | ISBN-10: 0387955259 | ISBN-13: 978-0387955254 | Edition: 2003

In this book the authors relate and discuss the idea that perceptual processes can be considered at many levels. A phenomenon that appears at one level may not be the same as a superficially similar phenomenon that appears at a different level. For example "induced motion" can be analyzed in terms of eye movements or at the retinal level or at a much higher cognitive level: how do these analyses fit together? The concept of levels also makes us think of the flow of information between levels, which leads to a consideration of the roles of top-down and bottom-up (or feed-forward, feed-back) flow. There are sections devoted to vestibular processing, eye movement processing and processing during brightness perception. The final section covers levels of processing in spatial vision. All scientists and graduate students working in vision will be interested in this book as well as people involved in using visual processes in computer animations, display design or the sensory systems of machines.

Editorial Reviews

Review

From the reviews: "Levels of Perception is a collection of papers from a 2001 conference held to honour Ian Howard. … This is an excellent additional resource … . this book would be an excellent way for students to begin thinking seriously about levels of perception and how to experimentally attack these levels rigorously. … achieves its main aim, namely to be a suitable tribute to the work of Ian Howard, and to the underlying philosophy driving that work." (Andrew Wilson, Perception, Vol. 32 (8), 2003)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 456 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 2003 edition (January 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0387955259
• ISBN-13: 978-0387955254
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,257,586 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michael Jenkin is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, and a member of the Centre for Vision Research at York University, Canada. Working in the fields of visually guided autonomous robots and virtual reality, he has published over 150 research papers including co-authoring Computational Principles of Mobile Robotics with Gregory Dudek and a series of co-edited books on human and machine vision with Laurence Harris.

Michael Jenkin's current research intrests include work on sensing strategies for AQUA, an amphibious autonomous robot being developed as a collaboration between Dalhousie University, McGill University and York University; the development of tools and techniques to support crime scene investigation; and the understanding of the perception of self-motion and orientation in unusual environments including microgravity.