Kimiyo Murata-Soraci

Visual Information Processing

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Visual information processing in humans with intellectual disabilities and in animals is presented, for conceptual and methodological reasons. Much of the evolutionary path of higher primate species has involved the development of sophisticated visual systems that interact with complex, higher-order cognitive processes. Key questions in cognitive science address the manner in which the environment is represented by the organism, and thus relate to how knowledge about the world is gleaned, with implications for theories of action and decision making. Finally, it has become apparent that the distinction between perceptual and cognitive processes is not always a clear one, and that these processes interact in critical ways in underlying complex behavioral repertoires. Consistent with the emphasis in this series on individual differences, both typical and atypical development are explored here. Philosophical approaches to visualism are also presented. Chapters have import both for basic science and for the development of applications.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 660g
• ISBN-13: 9781567506853
• ISBN-10: 1567506852
• Artikelnr.: 21288629

Autorenporträt

SAL SORACI, JR. is a cognitive scientist and director of the Human Factors Program at Tufts University. He is also an associate scientist at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the Shriver Center. KIMIYO MURATA-SORACI is a Philosopher of Religion and Lecturer at Boston University.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Human Visual Processing Visual Factors in Cognitive Dysfunction
and Enhancement in Alzheimer's Disease by Alice Cronin-Golomb and Grover C.
Gilmore Exploring Visual Perception Abilities in Individuals with
Intellectual Disabilities: Assessment and Implications by Stephen Oross III
and Charles B. Woods Enhancing Performances of Individuals with Mental
Retardation: Manipulations of Visual Structure by Michael T. Carlin, Sal A.
Soraci, and Christina Strawbridge Stimulus Overselectivity and Observing
Behavior in Individuals with Mental Retardation by William V. Dube, et al.
Arousal Modulation of Neonatal Visual Attention: Implications for
Development by Judith M. Gardner, Bernard Z. Karmel, and Micharl J. Flory
Visual Process Strengths in Down Syndrome: A Case for Reading Instruction?
by Robert M. Hodapp and Tran M. Ly Visual Variability Discrimination by
Michael E. Young and Edward A. Wasserman Animal Visual Processing The
Multiplicity of Visual Search Strategies in Pigeons by Jeffrey S. Katz and
Robert G. Cook The Search for Relational Learning in Cebus Apella: A
Programmed "Educational" Approach by Romariz da Silva Barros, Olavo de
Faria Galvao, and William J. McIlvane Visualism: Philosophical Approaches
Visualism in Space by Don Ihde Technology, Transcendence, and Modernity:
Marcel and Jaspers by Gregory J. Walters Alterity in Memory by Kimiyo
Murata-Soraci