Introduction: Overview and Layout of the Book. Concepts of Space and Perception Through Touch and Vision in Historical Perspective. The Reference Hypothesis: Spatial Coding as Integrative Processing of Converging Inputs from Vision, Touch and Movement. Cues which Lure People from Walking Straight-ahead in Large-scale Spaces that Lack Reference Cues. Hand Movements and Spatial Cues in Small-scale Space and in Shape Perception by Touch. External and Body-centered Reference in Haptic Memory for Spatial Locations. ‘Visual’ Illusions that Occur in Touch: Evidence for Some Common Factors. Müller-Lyer Shapes in Touch and Vision. What does Vision Contribute to Touch? How Far have we got? Where are we Going?
Biography
Susanna Millar is a Senior Research Scientist at the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford.
‘This is a fine book reviewing with excellent clarity the most influential literature on the similarities/differences between active touch and vision and stressing the importance of stimulus redundancy in perception which allows, through input integration, a stable representation of the world.’ – Laila Craighero, University of Ferrara, Italy, in Perception
