Looking and Acting: Vision and eye movements in natural behaviour

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Michael Land (School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK) Benjamin Tatler (School of Psychology, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK)

Looking and Acting

Vision and eye movements in natural behaviour

Michael Land (School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK), Benjamin Tatler (School of Psychology, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK)

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Oxford University Press
05 August 2009

Experimental psychology; Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology; Perception; Conscious & unconscious; Neurosciences

The cooperative action of different regions of our brains gives us an amazing capacity to perform activities as diverse as playing the piano and hitting a tennis ball. Somehow, without conscious effort, our eyes find the information we need to operate successfully in the world around us. The development of head-mounted eye trackers over recent years has made it possible to record where we look during different active tasks, and so work out what information our eyes supply to the brain systems that control our limbs. We are now in a position to explore the strategies that the eye movement system uses in the initiation and guidance of action.

Looking and Acting examines a wide range of visually guided behaviour, from sedentary tasks like reading and drawing, to dynamic activities such as driving and playing cricket. A central theme is that the eye movement system has its own knowledge about where to find the most appropriate information for guiding action - information not usually available to conscious scrutiny. Thus each type of action has its own specific repertoire of linked eye movements, acquired in parallel with the motor skills themselves. Starting with a brief background to eye movement studies, the book then reviews a range of observations and analyses of different activities. It ends with discussions of the nature of visual representation, the neurophysiology of the systems involved, and the roles of attention and learning.

Opening a field in eye movement research, this fascinating book will be of great interest to all vision scientists (psychologists, physiologists, ophthalmologists) whether at professional, graduate, or advanced undergraduate levels. It will also be of value to musicians, artists, sports scientists, and transport engineers, and indeed anyone intrigued by the way we sample the visual world.

By: Michael Land (School of Life Sciences University of Sussex Brighton UK), Benjamin Tatler (School of Psychology, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 157mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 443g
ISBN: 9780198570943
ISBN 10: 0198570945
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 05 August 2009
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preliminaries 1: Introduction 2: The human eye movement repertoire 3: How our eyes question the world Observations 4: Sedentary tasks 5: Domestic tasks 6: Locomotion on foot 7: Driving 8: Ball games: when to look where? 9: Social roles of eye movements Commentaries 10: Representations of the visual world 11: Neuroscience of gaze and action 12: Attention, memory and learning

Michael Land is a Fellow of the Royal Society (1982), recipient of the Frink Medal of the Zoological Society of London (1994), ALCON Prize for Vision Research (1998), Rank Prize for Vision Research (1998). Ben Tatler - BA/MA in Natural Sciences, Cambridge (1998). PhD in Neuroscience, University of Sussex (2002). Postdoctoral researcher, Neuroscience, University of Sussex (2001-2004). Lecturer in Psychology, University of Dundee (2004-present).

Reviews for Looking and Acting: Vision and eye movements in natural behaviour

. ..intriguing...The writing style is clear and direct. Technical terms are used but always defined, so nonspecialist readers can understand easily. The illustrations are nicely done and helpful, and the resources are extensive...Highly recommended. --CHOICE