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Human Information Processing

Vision, Memory, and Attention

Zhong-Lin Lu editor Charles Chubb editor Barbara A Dosher editor Richard Shiffrin editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:American Psychological Association

Published:15th Mar '13

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As we interact with our environment, our senses absorb large amounts of information that our brains interpret and catalogue. This sensory data then influences how we learn from our environment and interact with it in the future.

This book examines recent research on vision, memory, and attention, three topics that are key to understanding how humans absorb, process, retain, and learn from sensory information. Using computational models and methodologies, the authors explain vision, memory, and attention as individual processes and demonstrate how they interconnect to influence human information processing.

The authors also describe real-world applications for this research, including technological advancements that can augment our senses and help us to gain more information from our environment.

Human Information Processing is a great book for those interested in the specific topics treated herein, including visual contrast, eye movements, sensory memory, visual priming, object recognition, and multimodal perception. The book is commendable for its discussion of computational models and its section on ecological validity. It will also appeal to those with mathematical expertise, and is a fitting tribute to a great researcher.

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ISBN: 9781433812736

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

264 pages