1st Edition
Perceptions and Representations The Theoretical Bases of Brain Research and Psychology
By Keith Oatley
Copyright 1978
274 Pages
by
Routledge
274 Pages
by
Routledge
274 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1978, this study examines the shortcomings of some theoretical approaches to psychological and neurophysiological mechanisms at the time. Keith Oatley illustrates the extent of these shortcomings by showing how inefficient brain researchers – using their present approaches – would be in trying to understand a computer, which is considerably simpler than the human brain. He... Read more
Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Lashley and Some Fundamental Problems in Psychology 2. The Brain as a Physical System 3. Techniques of Brain Research and the Questions they Answer 4. Theories of Brain Function 5. Emergent Properties 6. Representations and Schemata 7. The Unconscious Inferences of Perception 8. Degenerate Data and Reliability of Function 9. Perception and Theory in Science. Bibliography. Index.
Biography
Keith Oatley
