Perception beyond Gestalt: progress in vision research

by Geremek, Adam Greenlee, Mark Magnussen, Svein

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Full title :Perception beyond Gestalt : progress in vision research / edited by Adam Geremek, Mark W. Greenlee, and Svein Magnussen.

Summary

"How does the brain piece together the information required to achieve object recognition, figure-ground segmentation, object completion in cases of partial occlusion and related perceptual phenomena? This book focuses on principles of Gestalt psychology and the key issues which surround them, providing an up-to-date survey of the most interesting and highly debated topics in visual neuroscience, perception and object recognition. The volume is divided into three main parts: Gestalt and perceptual organisation, attention aftereffects and illusions, and color vision and art perception. Themes covered in the book include: - a historical review of Gestalt theory and its relevance in modern-day neuroscience - the relationship between perceptive and receptive fields - a critical analysis of spatiotemporal unity of perception - the role of Gestalt principles in perceptual organization - self-organizing properties of the visual field - the role of attention and perceptual grouping in forming non-retinotopic representations - figural distortions following adaptation to spatial patterns - illusory changes of brightness in spatial patterns - the function of motion illusions as a tool to study Gestalt principles in vision - conflicting theories of color vision and the neural basis of it - the role of color in figure-ground segmentation - chromatic assimilation in visual art and perception - the phenomena of colored shadows. Including contributions from experts in the field, this book will provide an essential overview of current research and theory on visual perception and Gestalt. It will be key reading for researchers and academics in the field of visual perception and neuroscience."--Publisher

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
Place of Publication:Hoboken
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

Notes

"In honor of Prof. Lothar Spillmann on the occasion of his 75th birthday"--Page v

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (426 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781135124779, 1135124779, 020307632X, 9780203076323, 9781299852617, 1299852610
oclc:ocn880900141
LC Classification:BF203 .P27 2013
Dewey Decimal:153.7

1. Perception beyond Gestalt: introductory remarks -- Part I: Gestalt and perceptual organization -- 2. How much of Gestalt theory has survived a century of neuroscience? -- 3. Perceptive fields and receptive fields -- 4. Spatiotemporal unity of perception: given or derived? -- 5. What is a perceptual object? Beyond the Gestalt theory of perceptual organization -- 6. Self-organizing properties of the visual field: Gestalt forces in action -- Part II: Attention, aftereffects and illusions -- 7. Attention, grouping and non-retinotopic representations -- 8. Probing human vision with spatial adaptation -- 9. From Hermann's grid to Spillmann's weaves -- 10. Motion illustrations as a psychophysical tool to investigate the visual system -- Part III. Color vision and art perception -- 11. In search of neurophysiological correlates to color perception -- 12. Color and figure-ground: from signals to qualia -- 13. Chromatic assimilation in visual art and perception -- 14. The phenomenon of colored shadows -- Color plate selection.