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Object Perception

Structure and Process

Soledad Ballesteros editor Bryan E Shepp editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc

Published:1st Mar '89

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This collection of research on object perception focuses on holistic and featural properties of objects, the mechanisms that produce such properties, how people choose one type of property over another, and how such choices are improved during the course of child development. The contributions consider alternative perceptual characterizations, the way in which such properties are represented in the mind, how particular properties are more useful in some kinds of tasks that humans perform, and how the developing child learns to cope with different properties in choosing among alternatives to optimize task performance. These papers were written by specialists for specialists in experimental, cognitive, and developmental psychology.

"...valuable to readers wishing to learn about methods and findings within the research areas covered...more useful than a priori arguments about the possibility of the necessity of such representations is the test of whether their properties can actually be determined. Anyone asking this question will find a wealth of thought-provoking evidence here..."
The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

"...This volume contains much new and interesting data...the breath of inquiry covered by the volume is compelling."
Contemporary Psychology

ISBN: 9780805803334

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 635g

456 pages