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Tutorials in Visual Cognition

Tutorials in Visual Cognition
  • Edited by Veronika Coltheart.

Published January 2010

In the late-1980s, visual cognition was a small subfield of cognitive psychology, and the standard texts mainly discussed just iconic memory in their sections on visual cognition. In the subsequent two decades, and especially very recently, many remarkable new aspects of the processing of…
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Eye Guidance in Natural Scenes

A Special Issue of Visual Cognition

Eye Guidance in Natural Scenes
  • Edited by Benjamin W. Tatler.

Published September 2009

Successfully completing many forms of behaviour requires that humans look in the right place at the right time: This has generated a large volume of research aimed at understanding how the eyes are guided. This special issue demonstrates that the decision about where to look involves a large number…
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Cognitive and Cultural Influences on Eye Movements

Cognitive and Cultural Influences on Eye Movements
  • Edited by Keith Rayner, Deli Shen, Xuejun Bai and Guoli Yan.

Published May 2009

It is well-known that cognitive variables influence eye movements during reading. To what extent do cultural differences influence eye movements? This volume contains chapters that examine these two issues. The first half of the volume documents recent research findings with respect to models of…
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Binding

A Special Issue of Visual Cognition

Binding
  • Edited by James R. Brockmole, and Steven L. Franconeri.

Published February 2009

Visual processing acts as a prism, splitting visual information from the retinal image into separately processed features such as color, shape, and orientation. Binding refers to the set of cognitive and neural mechanisms that re-integrate these features to create a holistic representation of the…
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The Visual World in Memory

The Visual World in Memory
  • Edited by James R. Brockmole.

Published October 2008

The book examines how well we remember what we see. Research in human memory for visual material varies tremendously across the time scales, stimuli, and scenarios of interest. Because of these distinct pursuits, research in the field of 'visual memory' is in practice rather compartmentalized and…
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Verbalising Visual Memories

A Special Issue of the European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Verbalising Visual Memories
  • Edited by Toby J. Lloyd-Jones, Maria A. Brandimonte and Karl-Heinz Bäuml.

Published May 2008

This special issue, Verbalising Visual Memories, comprises research on: (a) verbal interference and facilitation in face and person processing; (b) similarities and differences between effects of verbalisation and processing in the Navon task (Navon, 1977); and (c) effects of verbalisation in…
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Attentional Capture

A Special Issue of Visual Cognition

Attentional Capture
  • Edited by Bradley S. Gibson, Charles Folk, Jan Theeuwes and Alan Kingstone.

Published April 2008

The notion that certain mental or physical events can capture attention has been one of the most enduring topics in the study of attention owing to the importance of understanding how goal-directed and stimulus-driven processes interact in perception and cognition. Despite the clear theoretical and…
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Space and Sense

Space and Sense
  • By Susanna Millar.

Published April 2008

How do we perceive the space around us, locate objects within it, and make our way through it? What do the senses contribute? This book focuses on touch in order to examine which aspects of vision and touch overlap in spatial processing. It argues that spatial processing depends crucially on…
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Studies in Perception and Action IX

Fourteenth International Conference on Perception and Action

  • Edited by Sarah Cummins-Sebree, Michael A. Riley and Kevin Shockley.

Published July 2007

The edited book series Studies in Perception and Action contains a collection of research presented at the International Conference on Perception and Action (ICPA). The Studies series has appeared in conjunction with the biennial ICPA since 1991. ICPA provides a forum for presenting new data,…
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Visual Communication

Integrating Media, Art, and Science

Visual Communication
  • By Rick Williams, and Julianne Newton.

Published July 2007

A well-rounded education in the 21st century requires not just verbal and mathematical proficiency, but also the ability to interpret, critique, create, and use visual communication on sophisticated levels. In today’s visual world, it is critically important to hold an appreciation for the…
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