Motion Vision: Computational, Neural, and Ecological Constraints

✍ Scribed by Johannes M. Zanker, Jochen Zeil (auth.), Johannes M. Zanker, Jochen Zeil (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 393
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In six parts, this book considers the extent to which computational, neural, and ecological constraints have shaped the mechanisms underlying motion vision:
- Early Motion Vision - Motion Signals for Local and Global Analysis - Optical Flow Patterns - Motion Vision in Action - Neural Coding of Motion - Motion in Natural Environments
Each topic is introduced by a keynote chapter which is accompanied by several companion articles. Written by an international group of experts in neurobiology, psychophysics, animal behaviour, machine vision, and robotics, the book is designed to explore as comprehensively as possible the present state of knowledge concerning the principal factors that have guided the evolution of motion vision.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Processing Motion in the Real World....Pages 1-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Direction-Selective Ganglion Cells in the Retina....Pages 14-57
Identification of Mechanisms Underlying Motion Detection in Mammals....Pages 57-65
Pathways in Dipteran Insects for Early Visual Motion Processing....Pages 68-82
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
The Organization of Global Motion and Transparency....Pages 85-112
Combining Local Motion Signals: A Computational Study of Segmentation and Transparency....Pages 113-124
Local and Global Motion Signals and their Interaction in Space and Time....Pages 125-140
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Extracting Egomotion from Optic Flow: Limits of Accuracy and Neural Matched Filters....Pages 143-168
A Closer Look at the Visual Input to Self-Motion Estimation....Pages 169-179
Visual Navigation: The Eyes Know Where Their Owner is Going....Pages 181-186
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
The Role of Inertial and Visual Mechanisms in the Stabilization of Gaze in Natural and Artificial Systems....Pages 189-218
Gaze Control: A Developmental Perspective....Pages 219-225
Does Steering a Car Involve Perception of the Velocity Flow Field?....Pages 227-235
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Neuronal Encoding of Visual Motion in Real-Time....Pages 239-277
Real-Time Encoding of Motion: Answerable Questions and Questionable Answers from the Fly’s Visual System....Pages 279-306
A Comparison of Spiking Statistics in Motion Sensing Neurones of Flies and Monkeys....Pages 307-320
Dynamic Effects in Real-Time Responses of Motion Sensitive Neurones....Pages 321-329
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
Towards an Ecology of Motion Vision....Pages 333-369
Spatiotemporal Inseparability of Natural Images and Visual Sensitivities....Pages 371-380
Motion Adaptation and Evidence for Parallel Processing in the Lobula Plate of the Bee-Fly Bombylius major ....Pages 381-394
Back Matter....Pages 395-397

✦ Subjects

Animal Physiology