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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.
A significant portion of the work is dedicated to the anatomy and physiology of the primate visual system. Perceiving in Depth Volume 1 Basic Mechanisms
A detailed analysis covers how disruptions during these critical periods—such as strabismus (crossed eyes) or monocular deprivation—can lead to permanent defects like amblyopia (lazy eye) or a total loss of stereoscopic vision. Perceiving in Depth Volume 1 Basic Mechanisms
Howard explores how the brain translates raw light signals into meaningful geometric representations of space. Perceiving in Depth Volume 1 Basic Mechanisms
The volume opens by tracing visual science from the ancient Greeks to the early 20th century, highlighting the evolution of our understanding of perspective and stereoscopic vision.