DESCRIPTIONS OF VISUAL PHENOMENA FROM ARISTOTLE TO WHEATSTONE

Authors
WADE NJ
Citation
Nj. Wade, DESCRIPTIONS OF VISUAL PHENOMENA FROM ARISTOTLE TO WHEATSTONE, Perception, 25(10), 1996, pp. 1137-1175
Citations number
139
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental",Psychology
Journal title
Perception → ACNP
ISSN journal
03010066
Volume
25
Issue
10
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1137 - 1175
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-0066(1996)25:10<1137:DOVPFA>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
A history of the observational era of vision is presented through sele cted descriptions of phenomena by natural philosophers from Aristotle to Wheatstone. The descriptions are listed under the headings of optic s, colour, subjective visual phenomena, motion perception, eye movemen ts, binocular vision, and space perception.