Attention, Space, and Action : Studies in Cognitive Neuroscience Paperback / softback
Edited by Glyn (School of Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham) Humphreys, John (, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit) Duncan, Anne (Department of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Princeton University) Treisman
Paperback / softback
Description
To generate coherent behaviour, the brain needs to attend selectively to the many objects that are present in the environment, but this poses several questions.
How does the brain know which objects 'belong together'?
How does the information from different senses get combined?
How does this help to plan and carry out actions? The subject of attentional mechanisms has a long history in cognitive psychology, as it is the key to making sense of the visual world.
However, new developments in cognitive neuroscience, and greater understanding of how attention and action are integrated, have transformed the field.
This book is the first to bring together leading researchers to discuss the convergence of experimental findings in the following areas: Visual selective attention Attention and perceptual integration Spatial representation and attention Visual attention and action Control of attention Attention, Space, and Action provides a unique combination of perspectives that will appeal to students and researchers from psychology, neuropsychology, neurophysiology, and neuroanatomy.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:344 pages, 4 plates, numerous black and white photographs and line illustrations
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:19/08/1999
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198524687
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:344 pages, 4 plates, numerous black and white photographs and line illustrations
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:19/08/1999
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198524687
