| Description |
1 online resource (289 pages) |
| Contents |
Front cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction Contrasting Visual, Experiential, and Physical Space; Chapter 2. Traditional Views of Geometry and Vision; Chapter 3. Synthetic Apporaches to Visual Space Perception; Chapter 4. An Analytic Approach to Space and Vision; Chapter 5. Effects of Context on Judgments of Distance, Area, Volume, and Angle; Chapter 6. Factors Affecting Size Constancy; Chapter 7. The Metrics of Visual Space: Multimensional Approaches to Space Perception; Chapter 8. Cognitive Maps, Memory, and Space Perception; Chapter 9. The Geometries of Visual Space Conclusion |
| Summary |
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 mismatch between perception and physical reality, and describes the many factors that influence the perception of space including the meaning assigned to geometric concepts like distance, the judgment methods used to report the experience, the presence or absence of cues to depth, and the orientation of |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781429462860 |
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1429462868 |
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