Formation of Visual Images

Studies of Stabilized Retinal Images

V. P. Zinchenko, N.Y. Vergiles (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

68 Seiten

1995 | 1972 ed.
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-306-10871-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Students of the ontogenesis of human behavior have the corresponding images become increasingly less long been aware that in the early stages of the obvious. child's development it is impossible to distinguish The situation is similar as regards the analy- between perceptual, intellectual, and operative acts. sis of relations and connections between external, With time, perception becomes relatively indepen- practical and internal, intellectual activity. The dent of practical, operative actions, and thinking be- work of P. Ya. Gal'perin has shown that mental ac- comes independent of both. For this reason, general tion is formed on the basis of external material ac- psychologists tend to forget the genetic link between tions, with real objects. On the basis of contempo- perceptual, intellectual, and operative processes. rary psychological and genetic-epistemological re- As a result, thinking is investigated without behav- search, A. N. Leont'ev has given convincing proof ior and behavior without thinking, or skills are in- of the genetic link between external and internal vestigated without perception and perception without activity. He emphasizes in particular the role of action.

Inhalt

1 Methods of Investigating Activity of the Visual System Using Stabilized Images and Free Examination.- 1.1. Characteristics of Methods of Stabilizing Images Relative to the Retina.- 1.2. Increasing the Time of Perception of Images Stabilized on the Retina.- 1.3. Experimental Methods of Stabilizing Images for Use in Research.- 1.3.1. Stabilizing Images With an External Source of Light.- 1.3.2. Stabilization Permitting Alternation of Presented Images.- 1.4. Recording Eye Movements Used in Research.- 1.4.1. Optical Recording of Macromovements of the Eyes under Stabilization Conditions and during Free Examination.- 1.4.2. Recording Eye Movements by Means of an Electromagnetic Detector.- 1.4.3. Recording Micromovements of the Eye under theConditions of Stabilized Images and Free Examination.- 1.5. Electroluminescent Sources in the Investigation of Visual Perception.- 1.6. Artificial Restriction in the Field of Vision..- 1.7. Conclusion.- 2 New Data on Perception under Stabilization Conditions.- 2.1. Perceptual Actions and the Problem of the Successiveness and Simultaneity of Perception.- 2.2. Comparative Investigation of Perceptual Processes under Free Examination and Stabilization Conditions.- 2.2.1. Tasks Presented to the Subjects.- 2.2.2. Experimental Results.- 2.3. Discussion.- 2.3.1. Vicarious Actions and Simultaneous Identification.- 3 Manipulative Ability of the Visual System and the Problem of Image Invariance.- 3.1. The Problem.- 3.2. Tests Used on Subjects.- 3.2.1. Reversible Shapes.- 3.2.2. Tests for Studying Apparent Movement.- 3.3. Experimental Results.- 3.3.1. Observation of Reversible Shapes.- 3.3.2. Observation of Apparent Movement.- 3.4. Discussion.- 4 Investigation of Vicarious Actions in the Context of Intellectual Problems.- 4.1. A Further Contribution to the Simulation Hypothesis.- 4.2. Orienting and Investigative Activity.- 4.3. Perceptual Elements of Productive Activity.- 4.3.1. Visualization in Problem Solving.- 4.4. Visualization during Problem Solving.- 4.5. Conclusion.- 5 A Functional Model of the Sensory Component of the Visual System.- 5.1. Characteristics.- 5.2. Illustrations of Properties.- 5.2.1. The Laws of Plateau and Talbot.- 5.2.2. Fluctuations of CFF.- 5.2.3. Aftercontrast.- 5.2.4. Afterimage.- 5.3. Experimental Verification.- 5.3.1. Destabilization Function of Macromovements of the Eyes.- 5.3.2. Short-term Visual Memory.- Literature Cited.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.12.1995
• Übersetzer: B. Haigh
• Zusatzinfo: 6 black & white illustrations, biography
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 210 x 250 mm
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Augenheilkunde
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
• ISBN-10: 0-306-10871-2 / 0306108712
• ISBN-13: 978-0-306-10871-6 / 9780306108716
• Zustand: Neuware