Vision in motion: streams of sensation and configurations of time - 53669

Vision is not just a simple recognition of what passes through our field of sight, the reflection and observation of light and shape.

Even before Freud posited dreams as a way of 'seeing' even as we sleep, the writings of philosophers, artists, and scientists from Goethe to Czanne have argued that to understand vision as a mere mirroring of the outside world is to overlook a more important cognitive act of seeing that is dependent on time.

Bringing together a renowned international group of contributors, 'Vision in Motion' explores one of the most vexing problems in the study of vision and cognition: To make sense of the sensations we experience when we see something, we must configure many moments into a synchronous image.