Visual Cognition

By: Steven Pinker

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Paperback | 9 January 1986 | Edition Number 2

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These essays tackle some of the central issues in visual cognition, presenting experimental techniques from cognitive psychology, new ways of modeling cognitive processes on computers from artificial intelligence, and new ways of studying brain organization from neuropsychology, to address such questions as: How do we recognize objects in front of us? How do we reason about objects when they are absent and only in memory? How do we conceptualize the three dimensions of space? Do different people do these things in different ways? And where are these abilities located in the brain?While this research, which appeared as a special issue of the journal Cognition, is at the cutting edge of cognitive science, it does not assume a highly technical background on the part of readers. The book begins with a tutorial introduction by the editor, making it suitable for specialists and nonspecialists alike.Steven Pinker is Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Center for Cognitive Science at MIT.

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Non-Fiction Psychology Cognition & Cognitive Psychology Medicine Clinical & Internal Medicine Neurology & Clinical Neurophysiology Psychological Theory, Systems, Schools of Thought & Viewpoints Cognitivism, Cognitive Theory

Preface	p. vii
Visual Cognition: An Introduction	p. 1
Parts of Recognition	p. 65
Visual Routines	p. 97
Upward Direction, Mental Rotation, and Discrimination of Left and Right Turns in Maps	p. 161
Individual Differences in Mental Imagery Ability: A Computational Analysis	p. 195
The Neurological Basis of Mental Imagery: A Componential Analysis	p. 245
Index	p. 273
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