is a foundational work by Ian P. Howard that serves as a definitive technical review of the biological and psychophysical processes allowing humans and animals to navigate a three-dimensional world.
Howard explores how the brain translates raw light signals into meaningful geometric representations of space. Perceiving in Depth Volume 1 Basic Mechanisms
The text follows the visual signal from the eye through the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus (LGN) to the visual cortex. It pays specific attention to the columnar organization of the cortex, which is specialized for depth-related processing. is a foundational work by Ian P
The book emphasizes "experience-dependent" neural plasticity—the idea that the brain's visual circuits must be "tuned" by environmental stimuli during early development to function correctly. Perceiving in Depth Volume 1 Basic Mechanisms