Illusion : making sense of the senses
From surreal tricks of perspective to static patterns that appear to swirl before our eyes, visual illusions have the capacity to both puzzle and delight. But, as neuropsychologist Richard Gregory shows, they also reveal valuable clues about our brains: from how we perceive the world, to evidence of the evolution of perception in animals.
Print Book, English, 2002
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002
280 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm
9780192802859, 0192802852
50018129
STARTERS ; 1. Phenomenal Science ; 2. Neuro-archaeology ; 3. First Light ; 4. Philosophy ; 5. Basic Theory ; 6. Kinds and Causes ; PHENOMENAL PHENOMENA ; 1. Blindness ; 2. Contrast ; 3. Instability ; 4. Confounded Ambiguity ; 5. Flipping Ambiguity ; 6. Distortion ; 7. Impossible ; 8. Fiction ; CONCEPTIONS ; CONSCIOUSNESS