Practical Vision Science

This workbook provides a collection of experiments and observations that use physical materials (rather than digital displays or resources) to reveal fundamental properties of the human visual system.

Benjamin Balas is a Professor of Psychology at North Dakota State University, USA. He received both his SB and PhD from MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and completed post-doctoral work at Children's Hospital Boston.

1. What is Light and What Does It Do? 2. Image Formation in the Eye 3. Measuring Light with the Retina 4. Spatial Vision in the LGN and V1 5. Perceptual Organization and Gestalt Principles 6. Brightness and Color Constancy 7. Depth Perception 8. Motion Perception 9. Face Perception