Handbook of Perception and Action (eBook)

Perception

Bruce Bridgeman, Wolfgang Prinz (Herausgeber)

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1996 | 1. Auflage
456 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-053366-7 (ISBN)

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This volume combines the classical fields of perception research with the major theoretical attitudes of today's research, distinguishing between experience- versus performance-related approaches, transformational versus interactional approaches, and approaches that rely on the processing versus discovery of information. Perception is separated into two parts. The first part deals with basic processes and mechanisms, and discusses early vision and later, yet still basic, vision. The second covers complex achievements with accounts of perceptual constancies and the perception of patterns, objects, events, and actions.

Key Features
* Gives an overview of the current status of research in classical areas and of current approaches to perception
* Covers research areas and theoretical approaches
* Combines American and European research
* Emphasizes complex achievements of perception: auditory patterns, object identification, event perception, and perception of action

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This volume combines the classical fields of perception research with the major theoretical attitudes of today's research, distinguishing between experience- versus performance-related approaches, transformational versus interactional approaches, and approaches that rely on the processing versus discovery of information. Perception is separated into two parts. The first part deals with basic processes and mechanisms, and discusses early vision and later, yet still basic, vision. The second covers complex achievements with accounts of perceptual constancies and the perception of patterns, objects, events, and actions. - Gives an overview of the current status of research in classical areas and of current approaches to perception- Covers research areas and theoretical approaches- Combines American and European research- Emphasizes complex achievements of perception: auditory patterns, object identification, event perception, and perception of action

Inhalt

Cover 1
Contents 6
List of Contributors 14
Preface 16
Introduction 18
1 Diversity and unity 18
2 Theoretical attitudes 19
3 Organization of this volume 23
References 24
Part I: Basic Processes and Mechanisms 26
Chapter 1. Temporal Resolution in Visual Perception 28
1 Introduction 28
2 Ideal detector: Area 29
3 Ideal detector: Quanta 32
4 Temporal order 37
5 Conclusions 39
References 39
Chapter 2. Perceptual Organization of Visual Patterns: The Segmentation of Textures 42
1 Introduction 42
2 Theories of perceptual segmentation 43
3 The encoding of images 59
4 A more recent model of texture segmentation 69
5 Synopsis: Gabor filters as a link between global and local segmentation theories 77
Acknowledgement 80
References 80
Chapter 3. Stereoscopic Depth Perception 88
1 Introduction 88
2 History 90
3 Stereoscopic depth perception as an information processing problem 94
4 Random-dot stereograms and the correspondence problem in binocular vision 98
5 Visual segmentation and stereoscopic vision: Grossberg's theory 107
6 Concluding remarks 115
References 116
Chapter 4. Neural Networks and Visual Information Processing 120
1 Introduction 120
2 Neural networks, illusory contours and Finkel and Edelman's (1989) model 121
3 Grossberg and Mingolla's (1985a) neural network 'FACADE' and illusory contours 134
4 Problems and advantages of the neurocomputational approach: Validity issues and psychological theorizing 147
Acknowledgement 153
References 153
Chapter 5. Visual Processing and Cognitive Factors in the Generation of Saccadic Eye Movements 160
1 Introduction 160
2 Eye movements: Evolution, function and physiological basis 164
3 The sensory stimulus 170
4 Cognitive Factors in Saccade Generation 196
5 Summary and conclusion 198
References 200
Chapter 6. Extraretinal Signals in Visual Orientation 208
1 Introduction 208
2 History 209
3 Efference copy in cognitive and sensorimotor function 212
4 Outflow versus inflow 215
5 Characteristics of the efference copy 221
6 Concluding remarks 235
References 235
Part II: Perception of Objects, Events and Actions 242
Chapter 7. Perceptual Constancies: Analysis and Synthesis 244
1 Introduction 244
2 A taxonomy of constancy theories 245
3 Analysis of diverging methods and constructs 250
4 A framework for synthesis 259
5 Summary and conclusion 264
References 265
Chapter 8. The Perception of Auditory Patterns 270
1 Introduction 270
2 Perceptual grouping principles 271
3 Musical shape analysis 286
4 Summary 309
References 310
Chapter 9. Visual Object Recognition 314
1 The function of object recognition 314
2 The dominance of global features 319
3 Basic concepts 323
4 The perception of wholes and parts 328
5 Contextual influences 338
6 Perceptual perspective and orientation 343
7 Conclusions 349
Acknowledgements 352
References 352
Chapter 10. Dimensions of Event Perception 362
1 Introduction: Issues, problems and attitudes 362
2 Symmetry theory of event information 373
3 Phases of motion events 390
4 Event diagrams: The relation of apparent motion events to real motion events 395
5 Conclusions 407
Acknowledgements 408
References 408
Chapter 11. The Perception of Action and Movement 414
1 Introduction 414
I Lines of research 416
2 Perception and identification of acting persons 416
3 Perception of the internal states of other persons 420
4 Perception of causality 426
5 Dynamic event models 428
6 Structuring the stream of behavior 433
7 Behavior perception and motor reproduction 439
II Discussion: Comparing the lines of research 447
8 Concepts of perception, methods and theoretical problems 447
References 458
Index 470

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.4.1996
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Logopädie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► HNO-Heilkunde
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Physiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• ISBN-10: 0-08-053366-3 / 0080533663
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-053366-7 / 9780080533667