Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Visual Pyramids and Neural Networks E. Bienenstock and A. Gorea: 1. Pyramids and multiscale representations E. H. Adelson, E. P. Simoncelli and W. T. Freeman; 2. Multidimensional pyramids in vision and video A. B. Watson; 3. Self-similar oriented wavelet pyramids: conjectures about neural non-orthogonality J. G. Daugman; 4. Issues of representation in neural networks E. Bienenstock and R. Doursat; Part II. Visual Cortical Processing: From Perception to Memory Y. Frégnac and A. Gorea: 5. Recent progress toward an understanding of experience-dependent visual cortical plasticity at the molecular level M. F. Bear; 6. Synchronous neuronal oscillations in cat visual cortex: functional implications C. M. Gray, A. K. Engel, P. Konig and W. Singer; 7. How many cycles make an oscillation? Y. Frégnac; 8. Elements of form perception in monkey prestriate cortex E. Peterhans and R. von der Heydt; 9. Manipulating perceptual decisions by microstimulation of extrastriate visual cortex W. T. Newsome, C. D. Salzman, C. M. Murasugi and K. H. Britten; 10. Primal long-term memory in the primate temporal cortex: linkage between visual perception and memory Y. Miyashita, N. Masui and S. Higuchi; Part III. Eye Movement and Vision J. Findlay and Z. Kapoula: 11. The effect of cortical lesions on visuo-motor processing in man C. Kennard; 12. Binocular eye-movements and depth perception H. Coolewijn, J. van der Steen and L. J. van Rijn; 13. The parsing of optic flow by the primate oculomotor system F. A. Miles, U. Schwarz and C. Busettini; 14. Current views on the visuo-motor interface of the saccadic system J. A. M. Van Gisbergen, A. J. Van Opstal and A. W. A. Minken; Part IV. Tacit Assumptions in Vision Research A. Gorea and M. Imbert: 15. Thoughts on the specific nerve energy A. Gorea; 16. The duality of psycho-physics S. Klein; 17. Some tacit assumptions in visual psychophysics C. W. Tyler; 18. Hidden assumptions in seeing shape from shading and apparent motion S. Anstis; 19. What's up in top-down processing? P. Cavanagh; 20. Tacit assumptions in the computational study of vision S. Ullman; 21. Vision tells you more than 'what is where' H. B. Barlow; 22. Some strategic questions in visual perception B. Julesz.