Perception of Faces, Objects, and Scenes: Analytic and Holistic Processes

by Gillian Rhodes and Mary A. Peterson

Book Overview

From a barrage of photons, we readily and effortlessly recognize the faces of our friends, and the familiar objects and scenes around us. However, these tasks cannot be simple for our visual systems--faces are all extremely similar as visual patterns, and objects look quite different when viewed from different viewpoints. How do our visual systems solve these problems? The contributors to this volume seek to answer this question by exploring how analytic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195165381
• ISBN13: 9780195165388
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.3" x 6.3"