Descriptions of visual phenomena from Aristotle to Wheatstone

Journal/Book: Perception. 1996; 25: 207 Brondesbury Park, London, England NW2 5JN. Pion Ltd. 1137-1175.

Abstract: A history of the observational era of vision is presented through selected descriptions of phenomena by natural philosophers from Aristotle to Wheatstone. The descriptions are listed under the headings of optics, colour, subjective visual phenomena, motion perception, eye movements, binocular vision, and space perception.

Note: Review Wade NJ, Univ Dundee, Dept Psychol, Dundee DD1 4HN, SCOTLAND

Keyword(s): HISTORY

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