The new edition of this comprehensive text continues to provide a detailed and up-to-date account of research on visual perception, while maintaining the emphas... » 

The new edition of this comprehensive text continues to provide a detailed and up-to-date account of research on visual perception, while maintaining the emphasis of earlier versions on the functional context of vision. Reflecting recent theoretical developments, the book is organised around the distinction between two broad functions of vision: to provide awareness and to control action. «