The perception of the visual world

Resource Information

The instance The perception of the visual world represents a material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.

Label

The perception of the visual world

Instantiates

• The perception of the visual world

Publication

• Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1950

Note

Includes index

Bibliography note

Bibliography: pages 231-235

Carrier category

volume

Carrier category code

• nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Contents

Why do things look as they do? -- Theories of perception -- The visual field and the visual world -- The formation of retinal images -- A psychophysical theory of perception -- The stimulus variables for visual depth and distance - momentary stimulation -- The stimulus variables for visual depth and distance - the active observer -- The problem of the stable and boundless visual world -- The constant sizes and shapes of things -- Geometrical space and form -- Meaning -- Learning -- Spatial perception and spatial behavior

Control code

560396

Dimensions

25 cm

Extent

xii, 235 pages

Lccn

50011582

Media category

unmediated

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Media type code

• n

Other physical details

illustrations

Record ID

.b16929081

System control number

(WaOLN)353819