An Introduction to the Visual System

by Martin J. Tovée

Building on the successful formula of the first edition, Martin Tovée offers a concise but detailed account of how the visual system is organised and functions to produce visual perception. He takes his readers from first principles; the structure and function of the eye and what happens when light enters, to how we see and process images, recognise patterns and faces, and through to the most recent discoveries in molecular genetics and brain imaging, and how they have uncovered a host of new advances in our understanding of how visual information is processed within the brain. Incorporating new material throughout, including almost 50 new images, every chapter has been updated to include the latest research, and culminates in helpful key points, which summarise the lessons learnt. This book is an invaluable course text for students within the fields of psychology, neuroscience, biology and physiology.

222 pages, Hardcover

First published September 13, 1996

Reviews

[Izlinda · Rating 1 out of 5]

Everybody in the class, Visual Perception and Art, hated this book.

I think every diagram should be in color, not just the colorplates in the middle of the book. Especially for the cost of the book. It's also a waste of paper and ink to print a lot of diagram in black and white while in the context of the reading, and say "look at image 8.14blah in the colorplates, then reprint it in color in the middle of the book.