Colour Perception
Mind and the Physical World
ISBN13: 9780198505006ISBN10: 0198505000
Hardback,
544 pages
Dec 2003,
Out of Stock
Price:
$225.00 (05)Description
The last few decades have brought fascinating changes in the way that we think about color and the role that color plays in our perceptual architecture. In Colour: Connecting the Mind to the Physical World , leading scholars from cognitive psychology, philosophy, neurophysiology, and computational vision provide an overview of the contemporary developments in our understanding of colors and of the relationship between the 'mental' and the 'physical'. With each chapter followed by critical commentaries, the volume presents a lively and accessible picture of the intellectual traditions which have shaped research into color perception.Features
- A state of the art review of the field of colour and colour perception
- Takes an interdisciplinary perspective - includes contributions from psychologists, philosophers, and neuroscientists
- Accessible to an interdisciplinary audience
Product Details
544 pages; 29 color plates, 122 halftones & line illus.; ISBN13: 978-0-19-850500-6ISBN10: 0-19-850500-0About the Author(s)
Edited by Rainer Mausfeld, Professor of Psychology, University of Kiel, Germany , and Dieter Heyer, Professor of Psychology, Martin-Luther-Universitat Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
