Hidden in plain sight : the social structure of irrelevance /

While examining its neuro-cognitive hardware, psychology usually ignores the socio-cognitive software underlying human attention. Yet although it is nature that equips us with our sense organs, it is nevertheless society that shapes the way we actually use them. The book explores the social underpin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zerubavel, Eviatar
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Noticing and ignoring
  • Figure and background
  • Searching and hiding
  • The social organization of attention.