David Katz

The World of Touch

Herausgeber: Krueger, Lester E.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

For the first time, David Katz's classic monograph The World of Touch has been translated into English. Regarded as one of the premiere experimental psychologists, Katz vigorously opposed the atomism and "tachistoscopic" mentality typical of the sensory psychology of his day. In The World of Touch, Katz sought to dispel the invidious distinction between the supposedly higher (e.g., vision, audition) and lower (e.g., touch) senses. To help touch regain its original prominence in the field, Katz demonstrated, through very simple, yet creative experiments, how fascinating the abilities of touch are, and how valuable the tactual stimulus can be in specifying objects, surfaces, substances, and events. In addition, Katz emphasized the importance of higher-order invariants in the perception of objects, and the holistic quality of perception in time as well as space.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Psychology Press
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9781138998193
• ISBN-10: 1138998192
• Artikelnr.: 44972622

Autorenporträt

Katz, David

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Translator's Preface. Editor's Introduction. Author's Preface.
Part I: Modes of Appearance of the World of Touch. Introduction. Critical
and Methodological Preamble. Types of Tactual Phenomena. Movement as a
Formative Factor in Tactual Phenomena. Part II: Quantitative Studies of the
Tactual Performance. Studies on Surface Touch. Studies on Touch
Transparency. Analysis of Touch Movements. The Role of the Temperature
Sensation in Touch. Part III: Further Analysis of the Tactual Performance.
The Role of the Vibration Sense in Touch. The Contribution of Visual and
Kinesthetic Processes to the Structure of Tactual Forms. Part IV:
Applications.