Cognition, information processing, and psychophysics : basic issues /

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Imprint:Hillsdale, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1992.
Description:xiv, 333 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Scientific psychology series
Subject:
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1315431
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors:Geissler, Hans-Georg
Link, Stephen W.
Townsend, James T.
ISBN:0805809953
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • I. Foundations and Epistemology
  • 1. Fechner's Inner Psychophysics: Its Historical Fate and Present Status
  • 2. Freud and Fechner, Desire and Energy, Hermeneutics and Psychophysics
  • Introduction
  • References
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 3. Toward a Theory of Consciousness
  • References
  • Acknowledgments
  • 4. Cognitive Development: Two Paradigms
  • References
  • 5. Drawing Inferences from Representation Structure: In Defense of a Formal Theory Of Representations
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Acknowledgments
  • 6. On the Proper Scales for Reaction Time
  • References
  • II. Experimental Themes: Perspectives and Critical Analyses
  • 7. Mental Psychophysics of Categorization and Decision
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 8. Reference Frames in the Perception of Spatial Structure
  • References
  • 9. Context Effects in judgments of Attributes: An Information- Integration Approach
  • 10. Elaborations Upon Psychophysical Contexts for Judgment: Implications of Cognitive Models
  • References
  • 11. Fundamentals of Cognitive Judgments of Pattern
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Acknowledgments
  • 12. Psychophysical Analysis of Pain: A Functional Perspective
  • References
  • Acknowledgments
  • 13. New Magical Numbers in Mental Activity: On a Taxonomic System for Critical Time Periods
  • Introduction
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index