Psychophysical approaches to cognition /
Our lives are informed by perceptual and cognitive processes at all levels, from instrumental learning to metaphorical discourse to memorial representation. Yet, historically, these two branches of experimental psychology, perception and cognition, have developed separately using independent methods...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; New York :
North-Holland Elsevier Science Publishers,
©1992.
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| Series: | Advances in psychology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ;
92. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Our lives are informed by perceptual and cognitive processes at all levels, from instrumental learning to metaphorical discourse to memorial representation. Yet, historically, these two branches of experimental psychology, perception and cognition, have developed separately using independent methods of experimentation and analysis. This volume is motivated by the assumption that a fundamental integration of the two fields is fruitful methodologically and indispensable theoretically. It explores how the notion of psychophysics aligned with cognitive processes shapes the study of perception and cognition, and illuminates a variety of contemporary research issues from a novel theoretical perspective. The papers raise conceptual and metatheoretical issues against the background of relevant empirical data. The authors provide a virtually narrative account of the most recent developments in their respective fields of expertise in psychophysics and cognitive psychology. Hence, this volume gives the interested reader an opportunity to reflect critically upon some of the current issues defining the two domains and their conjunction. Topics discussed include the psychology and psychophysics of similarity, the psychophysics of visual memory and cognitive factors in judgment. The emerging notion of cognitive psychophysics may well warrant the attention of experts in the field. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 627 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780080867465 0080867464 1281789550 9781281789556 |