Although the study of visual perception has made more progress in the past 40 years than
any other area of cognitive science, there remain major disagreements as to how closely …

A review of the field of lightness perception from Helmholtz to the present shows the most
adequate theories of lightness perception to be the intrinsic image models. Nevertheless …

Available again, an influential book that offers a framework for understanding visual
perception and considers fundamental questions about the brain and its functions. David …

Conscious experience is one of the most difficult and thorny problems in psychological
science. Its study has been neglected for many years, either because it was thought to be …

A comprehensive mathematical model to account for colour constancy is formulated. Since
the visual system is able to measure true object colour in complex scenes under a broad …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses three questions: Why are there so many sources
of information about layout? How is it that one perceives layout with near-metric accuracy …

Recently, there have been a number of advances in technology, including in mobile devices,
globalization of companies, display technologies and healthcare, all of which require …

A gray surface in sunlight may have much higher luminance than it has in the shade, but it
still looks gray. To achieve the task of “lightness constancy,” the visual system must discount …

The two contrasting theoretical approaches to visual perception, the constructivist and the
ecological, are briefly presented and illustrated through their analyses of space and size …

The perceived brightness of a gray patch depends on the surrounding context. For example,
a medium-gray patch appears darker when placed on a bright background and brighter …