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Jacob, Pierre, 1949-

Ways of seeing : the scope and limits of visual cognition / Pierre Jacob and Marc Jeannerod. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003. - xix, 287 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Oxford cognitive science series .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-278) and indexes.

Introduction : what is human visual cognition? -- The representational theory of the visual mind -- Multiple pathways in the primate visual system -- Dissociations of visual functions by brain lesions in human patients -- The varieties of normal human visual processing -- Visual perception -- Visuomotor representations -- Seeing humans act -- Epilogue : the two visual systems revisited.

ISBN: 0198509200 0198509219 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2004299281

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA3-79920

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Visual perception.
Art--Technique

LC Class. No.: N7430.5 / W39 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 152.14