04263oam 2200685Ia 450 991077779690332120190503073340.00-262-31170-41-282-09832-20-262-27971-197866120983211-4294-7760-1(CKB)1000000000468200(EBL)3338646(SSID)ssj0000189973(PQKBManifestationID)11199395(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189973(PQKBWorkID)10165592(PQKB)11546231(SSID)ssj0000518809(PQKBManifestationID)12192101(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000518809(PQKBWorkID)10495195(PQKB)11715300(MiAaPQ)EBC3338646(OCoLC)145733569(OCoLC)228172342(OCoLC)228172343(OCoLC)473756964(OCoLC)482866339(OCoLC)568007292(OCoLC)648226725(OCoLC)743198267(OCoLC)756364505(OCoLC)780027606(OCoLC)815776515(OCoLC)939263658(OCoLC)961523034(OCoLC)962588851(OCoLC)975244726(OCoLC)975294773(OCoLC)982023510(OCoLC)988419180(OCoLC)991957025(OCoLC)992026066(OCoLC)994931980(OCoLC)1006299353(OCoLC)1018036421(OCoLC)1037521962(OCoLC)1037923526(OCoLC)1038644999(OCoLC)1043901090(OCoLC)1055368606(OCoLC)1059034189(OCoLC)1063815511(OCoLC)1065110266(OCoLC)1080951722(OCoLC)1081235308(OCoLC)1083603891(OCoLC-P)145733569(MaCbMITP)4148(Au-PeEL)EBL3338646(CaPaEBR)ebr10173707(CaONFJC)MIL209832(OCoLC)939263658(EXLCZ)99100000000046820020070627d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLaws of seeing /Wolfgang Metzger ; translated by Lothar Spillmann [and others]Cambridge, Mass. MIT Press©20061 online resource (231 p.)Translated from the German.0-262-51336-6 0-262-13467-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction to the English translation --Preface --Introduction: overview of the history of visual theory --1Ambiguous figures in our daily environment --2Visible and invisible forms --3Of groups and borders --4Developmental stages in shape formation --5Gestalt laws serving camouflage --6Brightness and spatial form --7Gestalt laws in the spatial effect of perspective drawings --8Form and substance of seen things- the Prägnanz tendency --Gestalt laws in the spatial effect of brightness --10Yet another important camouflage principle --11The wandering moon --12Laws of seeing and laws of nature."This classic 1936 work in vision science, written by a leading figure in Germany's Gestalt movement in psychology and appearing in English for the first time, addresses topics that remain of major interest to vision researchers today. Wolfgang Metzger's main argument, drawn from Gestalt theory, is that the objects we perceive in visual experience are not the objects themselves but perceptual effigies of those objects constructed by our brain according to natural rules." "Each chapter is accompanied by visual demonstrations of the phenomena described; the book includes 194 illustrations, drawn from visual science, art, and everyday experience, that invite readers to verify Metzger's observations for themselves. Today's researchers may find themselves pondering the intriguing question of what effect Metzger's theories might have had on vision research if Laws of Seeing and its treasure trove of perceptual observations had been available to the English-speaking world at the time of its writing."--Jacket.Visual perceptionNEUROSCIENCE/Visual NeuroscienceCOGNITIVE SCIENCES/Psychology/Cognitive PsychologyVisual perception.152.14Metzger Wolfgang1899-1979.160996OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910777796903321Laws of seeing3821328UNINA