Review of The psychology of seeing

Abstract

Reviews the book, The psychology of seeing by H.F. Brandt (1945). Psychology of Seeing is based upon evidence from ocular photography. The author has organized materials derived from his published and unpublished eye-movement researches performed over a period of ten years. Although it is held that eye movements serve as objective symptoms of perceptual processes, it is also contended "that inefficient central processes over a period of time will result in faulty eye-movement patterns which will hinder efficient observation and learning." This emphasis on the importance of "central processes" is to be commended. The eye-movement apparatus, designed by the author, is ideally suited for the kind of studies undertaken. With few exceptions the "investigations were well planned and the data adequately treated. Interpretations, however, are frequently faulty or inadequate. The author anticipates this criticism by the warning that the reader may at times sense "occasional sweeping statements." Unfortunately there are many typographical errors in both the text and the bibliography. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)