Brian J. Rogers analyses the psychological and philosophical aspects of perception, and argues that what we see is not what we perceive. He investigates recent insights gained from the use of imaging techniques, and the attempts to model perceptual processes in AI systems.

• 1: What is perception?


• 2: Perceptual theories - indirect, direct and computational.


• 3: Lightness and colour


• 4: Motion perception


• 5: Perception of a 3-D world


• 6: Perception and action


• 7: Delusions about illusions


• 8: The physiology and anatomy of the perceptual system


• 9: The future


• Glossary


• Further Reading


• Index

Brian Rogers is Emeritus Professor of Experimental Psychology at Oxford University. He is the co-author of a three-volume set, Perceiving in Depth, with Ian Howard, published by Oxford University Press. He is the Consulting Editor and Editorials Editor for the journal Perception.