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Building on the successful formula of the first edition, Martin Tov�e 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.
- Sales Rank: #1775648 in eBooks
- Published on: 2008-07-03
- Released on: 2008-07-03
- Format: Kindle eBook
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'The book has many attractions. In a lively and enthusiastic way the author takes us on a journey of fascinating discoveries artfully woven together ... The writing is lucid, succinct, thoughtful and highly informative ... I highly recommend this book for use in advanced undergraduate and graduate classes ... The book deserves a place on the shelf of everyone interested in the current state of vision research and in the paths the field of vision research might take in the near future.' Lothar Spillmann, Trends in Neuroscience
'... if you are looking for a brief, wide-ranging introductory text on vision then this book fits the bill.' Mark Scase, Bulletin of the Applied Vision Association
'... an up to date textbook.' New Scientist
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1 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
pretty good overview of topic
By Courtney Wallace
Pretty good overview of the visual system, although I have seen better explanations in a neural physiology book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
A VERY GOOD introduction to the visual system
By Adam Ginton
For what it claims it is, namely, "an introduction," Tovee's book provides a comprehensive, clear, and easy-to-understand tour through the start to end of our visual system.
Overall, if you are looking for an informative, yet entertaining as opposed to overly pedagogical introduction into how our visual system works, this is the book to go with. The manner it goes about teaching is lucid and easy to follow; it begins with any preliminary explanations before moving onto the successive topic, starting with how light and the eye works (actually how we can know all these things) up to how the brain processes information and the consequential effects. Thus, the reader should not feel as there are any major gaps in his understanding of the material. With that said, this is just an introduction, and so as opposed to a college textbook, which tries to explain as much as possible about as much as possible, this book sticks to the more general ideas. For example, it does explain the general structure of cells and photoreceptors, but as opposed to some college textbooks I've read, it doesn't go into the atomic or genetic explanation of how everything is made (it does mention the major proteins that are used but only in name and general function). The essential details are mentioned, as well as the essential details in explaining the essential details. Or in another way of putting it, all the essential details to neuroscience are mentioned. Further, the language and tone is casual and easy-to-approach; Tovee does not merely regurgitate facts and expect you to memorize them all. Rather, he always gives clear examples of what something means and entails. Thus every idea becomes easily conceptual to understand.
The book follows a logical progression of how our visual experience works:
1. It beneficially begins by giving an account of the analysis methods we have used to determine all this information, that is, it lets you know how and why we know what we know. It also gives a very brief, overall picture of the gross anatomical structures of the brain.
2. Gross anatomy of the eye and what parts do what. It also mentions related phenomena to the subject, such as what eye-disorders happen if something goes wrong.
3. The genetics and theories of colour vision - how and why we can see.
4. An overview of the major parts of the visual system in the brain and what each area generally does, as well as how the areas function and communicate with each other and overall.
5. A more detailed description of the Primary Visual Cortex.
6. Visual Development - the biological effects of various nurturing scenarios.
7. The Colour constancy problem - what it is, possible explanations, and possible repercussions
8. Object Perception and recognition - from the technical details of the image on the retina to how it is processed/encoded by the cells and brain areas. Also related subtopics and problems under object perception
9. Facial recognition - why it is particularly important and how it works.
10. Motion perception
11. Brain and Space - the makeup/constituents of a visual image
12. A summary of it all, as well as more repercussions/problems still faced
Further, each chapter has a very concise summary of the key points.
Although there are lucid, easily-conceptual explanations of phenomena, not many details are overly emphasized, whether or not they are particularly important. That is, the author mentions them once in a thorough account, but does not mention the particular importance of a subject. For example, the idea of ocular dominance is mentioned only briefly, despite the larger importance of such a theory. Still, one has to give credit in the authors illuminating explanation of not just technical anatomy but also discussion of the related-phenomena of something. For example, he devotes several pages to describing the mechanics and effects of monocular/binocular deprivation. In making topics relatable, there are many interesting studies mentioned and the important consequential ideas of such studies. For example, in chapter 2 it is mentioned that one suggestion as to why we do not notice our blinks is that visual perception is suppressed during a blink. The author continues, "Evidence for this suggestion comes from an ingenious experiment by Volkman and his colleagues. The eyes lie directly above the roof of the mouth, and a bright light shone on the roof will stimulate the retina whether or not the eyes are closed. Volkman found that the light intensity required to stimulate the retina during a blink is five times greater than at any other time, strongly suggesting that there is suppression of perception during blinking." Most helpfully, the author in bringing up a new topic first gives the general definition of something, then what it means in more exact ideas, and then the technical reasons for why it happens, and finally implications and/or problems that arise. For example, on p. 39, "In 1802, Thomas Young correctly proposed that the human eye detected different colours because it contained three types of receptor, each sensitive to a particular hue. His theory was reffered to as the trichromatic (three colour) theory. It suggested that for a human observer any colour could be reproduced by various quantities of three colours selected from various points in the spectrum, such as red green, and blue. However, it has long been thought that there are four primary colours: red, green, blue, and yellow." He then goes on to a more thorough explanation of these theories. The pages are filled with illuminating diagrams of the important details just described. I personally find these sorts of diagrams more helpful/informative than just a photo taken from real life, as the labels are very helpful to me, although there are NO actual pictures taken from real life in the book. What I like most is the flow of ideas mentioned, especially in introducing an idea. For example, "the P pathway [with information about colour and shape] splits to produce two new pathways in the upper layers of V1. One pathway seems to deal primarily with colour and this is called the P-B pathway," which is followed by a more detailed description of the pathways.
I would say this is a must-have for anyone interested in neuroscience and the visual system at any level. Whether for the dilettante who wants to have a general yet comprehensive understanding of how our visual experience works, to the student who needs a concise conceptualization of things, to anyone who wants to just reinforce this material. This book is best read in a chronological manner, as topics don't necessarily build off one another (as in, you need to have read the preceding information to understand the current information), but rather just flawlessly follows from one another. By reading in this manner, it is easier to see the function and importance of a topic. However, one can turn to any page and get a helpful understanding of something (for example, upon turning to a random page, I read, "Althouh many neurons in V1 do respond to lines and bars, the optimal stimulus is a sine-wave grating (De Valois, Albrecht & Thorell, 1978). A sine-wave grating looks like a series of fuzzy, unfocused parallel bars. Along any line perpendicular to the long axis of the grating, the brightness varies according to a sine-wave fuction."). Plus, at only 179 pages, with many pictures in between, it is a pleasantly short, easy-to-read book.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
An Excellent Overview of Sight
By Martin A. Gantt
An Introduction to the Visual System was exactly as advertised. The relatively quick read provides an overview of the entire visual system of the brain. The book begins with a detailed description of the physiology of the eyes and the relevant physical and biochemical functional structures. The optical physics and photochemistry are glossed over in favor of giving the reader a slightly broader systems view of the eyes. Color vision is discussed in detail discussing the way three types of human cones allow for color vision. The biochemical properties of photopigments are glossed over in favor of a broader perspective. The evolutionary basis of color vision and problems arising in color defects are briefly explained.
The text next discusses the organization of the visual system in a very broad sense. Cortical localization and the anatomy of visual organization are discussed with emphasis on the primary visual cortex. The modular organization of the primary visual cortex is emphasized, discussing cortical receptive fields, color vision, directionality, texture, based on the modular organization of the primary visual cortex.
The remainder of the text discusses higher level visual functions. Development of the neural system is discussed in detail citing numerous animal studies of monocular and binocular deprivation. A chapter is devoted to the complex task of maintaining color constancy. Various studies are cited demonstrating the very complex nature of organizing a system of cortical neurons, some wavelength dependent and others "color context" dependent in order to use color recognition of objects for our benefit.
The higher level brain functions of object perception and recognition and motion were especially fascinating. Citing various studies the author seems to suggest that complex higher cortical regions of the brain have large cortical receptive fields that integrate lower level cortical processing to respond to specific types of objects. "It has been suggested that the simple shapes coded for by the elaborate cells can form a `visual alphabet' from which a representation of an object can be constructed" (p.130). This proposition has tremendous implications for the study of visual perception if not consciousness itself.
The discussion of motion processing the visual system in equally engrossing. The techniques of saccades, (rapid movement of the eye) stereoscoping (using differences in each eyes perception to create depth perception) and the organization of directional modularity in the V5 section of the brain provide neural basis for generating what the author refers to as "The illusion of continuity".
An entire chapter is devoted the perception of the face. A seemingly trivial matter, the author explains through the use of PET scan and fMRI evidence that the primate brain really has sections and pathways devoted towards face recognition. The evolutionary significance of face recognition is briefly but effectively explained.
The book ends a discussion of how the brain is able to integrate the multitude of complex processes into image formation. Neural oscillation and temporal binding theory are discussed , although the author seems to personally favor a more hierarchal organizing model.
Overall the book is an excellent read for anyone interested in neuroscience, optics, or medicine. The book doesn't get bogged down in technical details in is very concise. Most of the information and claims presentation and supported with a plethora of references to neuroscience experiments. Perhaps best of all each chapter ends with a bullet point summary of the key concepts. I highly recommend this book.
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