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Face Perception

Face Perception
  • By Vicki Bruce, and Andy Young.

Published December 2011

Human faces are unique biological structures that convey a complex variety of important social messages. Even strangers can tell things from our faces – our feelings, our locus of attention, something of what we are saying, our age, sex and ethnic group, whether they find us attractive. In…
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Measurement With Persons

Theory, Methods, and Implementation Areas

Measurement With Persons
  • Edited by Birgitta Berglund, Giovanni B. Rossi, James T. Townsend and Leslie R. Pendrill.

Published December 2011

Measurements with persons are those in which human perception and interpretation are used for measuring complex, holistic quantities and qualities, which are perceived by the human brain and mind. Providing means for reproducible measurement of parameters such as pleasure and pain has important…
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Essentials of Sensation and Perception

Essentials of Sensation and Perception
  • By George Mather.

Published May 2011

The study of sensation and perception looks at how we acquire, process, and interpret information about the outside world. By describing key ideas from first principles, this straightforward introduction provides easy access to the basic concepts in the subject, and incorporates the most recent…
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Social Psychology of Visual Perception

Social Psychology of Visual Perception
  • Edited by Emily Balcetis, and G. Daniel Lassiter.

Published April 2010

This volume takes a contemporary and novel look at how people see the world around them. We generally believe we see our surroundings and everything in them with complete accuracy. However, as the contributions to this volume argue, this assumption is wrong: people’s view of their world…
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Eye Guidance in Natural Scenes

A Special Issue of Visual Cognition

Eye Guidance in Natural Scenes
  • Edited by Benjamin W. Tatler.

Published September 2009

Successfully completing many forms of behaviour requires that humans look in the right place at the right time: This has generated a large volume of research aimed at understanding how the eyes are guided. This special issue demonstrates that the decision about where to look involves a large number…
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Foundations of Sensation and Perception

Second Edition

Foundations of Sensation and Perception
  • By George Mather.

Published December 2008

This comprehensive introduction to Sensation and Perception has been highly praised for its unique approach, which begins with the minor senses and progresses to vision. The book begins with an introductory chapter on general physiological, perceptual and theoretical principles which…
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The Visual World in Memory

The Visual World in Memory
  • Edited by James R. Brockmole.

Published October 2008

The book examines how well we remember what we see. Research in human memory for visual material varies tremendously across the time scales, stimuli, and scenarios of interest. Because of these distinct pursuits, research in the field of 'visual memory' is in practice rather compartmentalized and…
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Studies in Perception and Action IX

Fourteenth International Conference on Perception and Action

Studies in Perception and Action IX
  • Edited by Sarah Cummins-Sebree, Michael A. Riley and Kevin Shockley.

Published July 2007

The edited book series Studies in Perception and Action contains a collection of research presented at the International Conference on Perception and Action (ICPA). The Studies series has appeared in conjunction with the biennial ICPA since 1991. ICPA provides a forum for presenting new data,…
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Visual Search and Attention

A Special Issue of Visual Cognition

Visual Search and Attention
  • Edited by Herman Muller, and Joseph Krummenacher.

Published September 2006

This special issue of Visual Cognition collects some 30 articles on Visual Search and Attention by leading experts from a variety of disciplines, including experimental psychology, neuropsychology, neurophysiology and computational modelling. The articles are updated versions of papers presented at…
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The Geometries of Visual Space

The Geometries of Visual Space
  • By Mark Wagner.

Published January 2006

When most people think of space, they think of physical space. However, visual space concerns space as consciously experienced, and it is studied through subjective measures, such as asking people to use numbers to estimate perceived distances, areas, angles, or volumes. This book explores the…
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