Decision Processes in Visual Perception

New York: Academic Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Good +. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". vi, 406pp. Creasing, toning, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Toning and rubbing to front and rear of jacket. Creasing to all edges and corners of jacket. Creasing and toning to spine. Creasing to flaps. Bound in gray cloth over boards with spine lettered in blue. Gentle bumps to all corners of boards. Gentle bumps to head and tail of spine. Dust-spotting to text block. Age-toning front and rear paste down and free endpapers. Otherwise, pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound.

ABOUT THIS BOOK:
Decision Processes in Visual Perception explores the relationships between the organization of a complex visual pattern by the perception system and the molecular activity involved in the discrimination of differences in magnitude or intensity between two stimulus elements.The text discusses the basic principles of discrimination, identification, and self-regulation of the perception system; demonstrates how adaptive decision modules emerge from multiple constraints; shows how combinations of simple decisions lead to complex judgmental tasks; and synthesizes traditional approaches to perception in order to clarify the crucial and pervasive role of these modules in the overall activity of perceptual organization.Psychologists, neuroscientists, molecular biologists, and physiologists will find the book invaluable.(Publisher).