Author: David N. Perkins
Publisher: Getty Publications
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9780892362745
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Demonstrates how attentive observation of art provides an excellent opportunity for the cultivation of the "art of intelligence."
Author: Richard Langton Gregory
Publisher: Cassell Academic
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780297004769
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Abby Hafer
Publisher: Lutterworth Press
Published: 2016-09-29
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 0718844467
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Why do men's testicles hang outside the body? Why does our appendix sometimes explode and kill us? And who does the Designer like better, anyway - us, or squid? These and other questions are addressed in The Not-So-Intelligent Designer. Dr. Abby Hafer argues that the human body has many faulty design features that would never have been the choice of an intelligent creator. She also points out other animals that got better body parts, which makes the Designer look a bit strange; discusses the history and politics of Intelligent Design and creationism; reveals animals that shouldn't exist according to Intelligent Design; and disposes of the idea of irreducible complexity. Her points are illustrated with pictures (by Alexander Winkler), wit, and erudition.
Author: Ivan R. Schwab
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012-01-05
Total Pages: 323
ISBN-13: 0195369742
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"The evolution of the eye spans 3.75 billion years from single cell organisms with eyespots to Metazoa with superb camera style eyes. At least ten different ocular models have evolved independently into myriad optical and physiological masterpieces. The story of the eye reveals evolution's greatest triumph and sweetest gift. This book describes its journey"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Yukiko I. Nakano
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-01-04
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 1447147847
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Remarkable progress in eye-tracking technologies opened the way to design novel attention-based intelligent user interfaces, and highlighted the importance of better understanding of eye-gaze in human-computer interaction and human-human communication. For instance, a user’s focus of attention is useful in interpreting the user’s intentions, their understanding of the conversation, and their attitude towards the conversation. In human face-to-face communication, eye gaze plays an important role in floor management, grounding, and engagement in conversation. Eye Gaze in Intelligent User Interfaces draws on ideas from a number of contributors working on how attentional information can be applied to novel intelligent interfaces. Part I focuses on analyzing human eye gaze behaviors to reveal characteristics of human communication and cognition; Part II addresses estimation and prediction of the cognitive state of the users using gaze information; and Part III presents proposals of novel gaze-aware interfaces which integrate eye-trackers as a system component. The contributions highlight a direction for the future of human-computer interaction, and discuss issues in human attentional behaviors and face-to-face communication which are essential in designing gaze aware interactive interfaces.
Author: Donald D Hoffman
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2000-02-22
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780393319675
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In an informal style replete with illustrations, Hoffman presents the compelling scientific evidence for vision's constructive powers unveiling a grammar of vision--a set of rules that govern our perception of line, color, form, depth, and motion. 150 illustrations, 20 in color.