文档介绍：VISION/COGNITIVE SCIENCE/NEUROSCIENCE
only that the image has anized into two-dimen- “This very accessible book is a must-read for those interested in issues of object percep- 3D SHAPE
sional shapes. tion, that is, our ordinary, but highly mystifying, continual visual transformations of 2D SHAPE 3D Its Unique Place
Pizlo focuses on discussion of the main concepts, tell- retinal images into, mostly unambiguous, 3D perceptions of objects. Pizlo carefully traces in Visual Perception
ing the story of shape without interruption. Appendixes two centuries of ideas about how these transformations might be done, describes the ex- Zygmunt Pizlo
provide the basic mathematical putational infor- periments thought at first to support the theory, and then experiments establishing that
mation necessary for a technical understanding of the argu- something is amiss. Having laid doubt on all theories, he ends with his own new, original
ment. References point the way to more in-depth reading theory based on figure-ground separation and shape constancy and reports supporting
in geometry putational vision. experiments. An important work.”
—R. Duncan Luce, Distinguished Research Professor of Cognitive Science,
University of California, Irvine, and National Medal of Science Recipient, 2003
Zygmunt Pizlo is Professor of Psychological Sciences
and Electrical puter Engineering (by courtesy) at “Pizlo’s book makes a convincing case that the perception of shape is in a different category
Purdue University. from other topics in the research field of visual perception such as color or motion. His
insightful and thorough analysis of previous research on both human and machine vision The uniqueness of shape as a perceptual property lies in
and his innovative e at an opportune moment. This book is likely to inspire the fact that it is plex and structured. Shapes are
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many original studies of shape perception that will advance our knowledge of how we ZYGMUNT PIZ