The classic period -- The Katz period -- The Gestalt period -- The contrast period -- The computational period -- Computational models -- Illumination perception -- The anchoring problem -- Errors in lightness -- An anchoring model of errors -- Theories of lightness -- Concluding thoughts
Summary
Reviews the history of the scientific development of lightness theory and outlines and critiques the theories of lightness, laying out the strengths and weaknesses of each. This work presents author's argument that previous models of lightness perception fail to capture the errors and illusions present in human perception
Notes
Series from jacket
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-408) and indexes
