1st Edition

Perceptual Organization

Edited By Michael Kubovy, James R. Pomerantz Copyright 1981
522 Pages
by Routledge

522 Pages
by Routledge

522 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1981, perceptual organization had been synonymous with Gestalt psychology, and Gestalt psychology had fallen into disrepute. In the heyday of Behaviorism, the few cognitive psychologists of the time pursued Gestalt phenomena. But in 1981, Cognitive Psychology was married to Information Processing. (Some would say that it was a marriage of convenience.) After the wedding,... Read more

Preface  1. Psychophysics of Spatial-Frequency Channels Norma Graham  2. Figure and Ground Perception in Briefly Presented Isodipole Textures Bela Julesz  3. Concurrent-Pitch Segregation and the Theory of Indispensable Attributes Michael Kubovy  4. Asking the "What For" Question in Auditory Perception Albert S. Bregman  5. The Analysis of Unanalyzed Perceptions W.R. Garner  6. Perceptual Organization in Information Processing James R. Pomerantz  7. Perceptual Organization and Attention Daniel Kahneman and Avishai Henik  8. On the Semantics of a Glance at a Scene Irving Biederman  9. Levels of Perceptual Organization Julian Hochberg  10. Psychophysical Complementarity Roger N. Shepard  11. Coalitions as Models for Ecosystems: A Realist Perspective on Perceptual Organization Robert Shaw and M.T. Turvey  12. Three Approaches to Perceptual Organization: Comments on Views of Hochberg, Shepard, and Shaw and Turvey Fred Attneave  13. Perceptual Organization: An Overview James R. Pomerantz and Michael Kubovy.  Bibliographic Index.  Subject Index.

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Michael Kubovy, James R. Pomerantz