Looking and acting:vision and eye movements in natural behaviour

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Land Michael F.
Group Author: Tatler Benjamin W.
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford New York
Publication Dates: 2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: viii, 269 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780198570943 (pbk.)
0198570945 (pbk.)
Index Number: R77
CLC: R77
Call Number: R77/L253
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-263) and index.
pt. 1. Preliminaries -- Introduction -- The human eye movement repertoire -- How our eyes question the world -- pt. 2. Observations -- Sedentary tasks -- Domestic tasks -- Locomotion on foot -- Driving -- Ball games: when to look where? -- Social roles
"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