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Author Gibson, James J. (James Jerome), 1904-1979.

Title The perception of the visual world / by James J. Gibson
Published Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1974
©1950

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Description xii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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 of 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
Notes Includes index
Reprint of the ed. published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 231-235
Subject Visual perception.
LC no. 74017588
ISBN 0837178363
Other Titles Visual world
Visual world