Pretext
1 Visions of vision 1
2 Light 14
3 Eye 24
4 Brain 67
5 Seeing brightness 84
6 Seeing movement 98
7 Seeing colours 121
8 Learning how to see 136
9 Realities of art 170
10 Illusions 194
11 Speculations 244
Bibliography and notes 256
Index 269

Since the publication of the first edition in 1966, Eye and Brain has established itself worldwide as an essential introduction to the basic phenomena of visual perception. Richard Gregory offers clear explanations of how we see brightness, movement, color, and objects, and he explores the phenomena of visual illusions to establish principles about how perception normally works and why it sometimes fails.
Illusion continues to be a major theme in the book, which provides a comprehensive classification system. There are also sections on what babies see and how they learn to see, on motion perception, the relationship between vision and consciousness, and on the impact of new brain imaging techniques.

Richard L. Gregory (1923-2010) was a distinguished British psychologist and emeritus professor of neuropsychology at the University of Bristol.