OculomotorSystemsandPerception

Thistextisthefirsttoemphasizetheroleofoculomotorsystemsinperception.Oculomotorsystemsthatregulateeyemovementsplayanimportantroleinaccountingforcertainqualitiesofvisualexperience.Theyareimplicatedinawidearrayofperceptualtopics,fromapparentsize,depth,anddistance,toapparentslantandverticalorientation.Thetextbeginswithabriefintroductiontothebasiccharacteristicsofsuchoculomotorsystemsasthosecontrollingvergence,pursuit,thevestibulo-ocularresponse,andsaccadiceyemovements.Alsointroducedarefundamentalconceptsinphysiologicaloptics.Nextexploredaremechanismsofperception,withaparticularfocusoneyemovements,andtheremarkablydiverseimplicationsofoculomotorresearch,whichextendtomotionsicknessandlifeinspaceorbit.Insightsintodysfunctionalvisionarealsooffered.Thisbookcomplementsstandardtextsonvisualperception,yetmaybereadindependentlybythosewithamodestbackgroundinvisionscience.