When most people think of space they think of physical space. However visualspace concerns space as consciously experienced and it is studied throughsubjective ... » 

When most people think of space they think of physical space. However visualspace concerns space as consciously experienced and it is studied throughsubjective measures such as asking people to use numbers to estimate perceiveddistances areas angles or volumes. This book explores the mismatch betweenperception and physical reality and describes the many factors that influencethe perception of space including the meaning assigned to geometric conceptslike distance the judgment methods used to report the experience the presenceor absence of cues to depth and the orientation of a stimulus with respect topoint of view. The main theme of the text is that no single geometry describesvisual space but that the geometry of visual space depends upon the stimulusconditions and mental shifts in the subjective meaning of size and distance.In addition The Geometries of Visual Space contains philosophical mathematical and psychophysical background materiallooks at synthetic approaches to space perception including work onhyperbolic spherical and Euclidean geometriespresents a metaanalysis of studies that ask observers to directly estimatesize distance area angle and volumelooks at the size constancy literature in which observers are asked to adjusta comparison stimulus to match a variety of standards at different distancesawaydiscusses research that takes a multidimensional approach toward studyingvisual space anddiscusses how spatial experience is influenced by memory.While this book is primarily intended for scholars in perception mathematicalpsychology and psychophysics it will also be accessible to a wideraudiencesince it is written at a readable level. It will make a good graduateleveltextbook on space perception. «