1st Edition

Cognitive Approaches to Human Perception

By Soledad Ballesteros Copyright 1994
316 Pages
by Psychology Press

316 Pages
by Psychology Press

316 Pages
by Psychology Press

Examining the current state of the research in perception stressing contributions in visual information processing, this volume provides an original and timely account of recent results obtained in this and other related areas of cognitive psychology. The scope of the book is intended to be broad, featuring state-of-the-art contributions from a number of outstanding researchers from different... Read more
Contents: Preface. S. Ballesteros, Cognitive Approaches to Human Perception: Introduction. Part I: Attention and Visual Perception. I. Rock, A. Mack, Attention and Perceptual Organization. S. Ballesteros, D. Manga, The Influence of Irrelevant Information in Visual Perception. Part II: Form Perception. W. Lovegrave, K. Pepper, The Influence of Low-Level Processing in the Global Precedence Effect. C.R. Latimer, C.J. Stevens, Eye Movements Measures and Connectionist Models of Form Perception. J.R. Pomerantz, C.E. Carson, E.M. Feldman, Interference Effects in Perceptual Organization. Part III: Mental Representation of Pictures, Words, and Objects. J. Mayor, J. González-Marqués, Facilitation and Interference Effects in Words and Picture Processing. L.A. Cooper, Probing the Nature of the Mental Representation of Visual Objects: Evidence from Cognitive Dissociations. L.A. Cooper, J. Hochberg, Objects of the Mind: Mental Representations in Visual Perception and Cognition. Part IV: Perceptual Theory. R.H. Day, The Foundations of Veridical and Illusory Perception. J. Hochberg, Perceptual Theory and Visual Cognition.

Biography

Soledad Ballesteros

"A valuable addition to academic libraries that provide current, advanced-level coverage in topics in human perception and cognition."
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