Perception beyond Inference: The Information Content of Visual Processes (Paperback)

Preface vii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
Liliana Albertazzi, Gert J. van Tonder, and Dhanraj Vishwanath
1 Vision and Information 27
Jan J. Koenderink I Time and Dynamics 59
2 Riddle of the Past, Puzzle for the Future 61
Ilona Kovács
3 Extending Prägnanz: Dynamic Aspects of Mental Representation and Gestalt Principles 75
Timothy L. Hubbard
4 Informing through an Imperfect Retina 109
Gert J. van Tonder
5 Perceptual Organization in the Visual Cortex 137
Shinsuke Shimojo
II Color, Shape, and Space 157
6 The Perception of Material Qualities and the Internal Semantics of the Perceptual System 159
Rainer Mausfeld
7 Visual Information in Surface and Depth Perception: Reconciling Pictures and Reality 201
Dhanraj Vishwanath
8 Good Continuation in Layers: Shading Flows, Color Flows, Surfaces, and Shadows 241
Ohad Ben-Shahar and Steven W. Zucker
9 Illusory Contours and Neon Color Spreading Reconsidered in the Light of Petter’s Rule 261
Baingio Pinna
III Language and Perception 285
10 From Grouping to Visual Meanings: A New Theory of Perceptual Organization 287
Baingio Pinna and Liliana Albertazzi
11 The Perceptual Roots of Metaphor 345 Liliana Albertazzi
IV Perception in Art, Design, and Computation 391
12 Becoming Information: Paul Cézanne and Prägnanz 393
Amy Ione
13 Becoming: Generative Art and the Production of Information 411
Ernest Edmonds
Contributors 421
Author Index 423
Subject Index 435