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Albert, Marc K. – Psychological Review, 2008
M. Singh and B. L. Anderson proposed a perceptual theory of achromatic transparency in which the perceived transmittance of a perceived transparent filter is determined by the ratio of the Michelson contrast seen in the region of transparency to that of the background seen directly. Subsequently, B. L. Anderson, M. Singh, and J. Meng proposed that…
Descriptors: Theories, Perception, Cognitive Processes, Surface Structure
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Yates, Jack – Psychological Review, 1985
A model of mental representations is developed and shown to provide a framework for interpreting research. The content of awareness is characterized as a model of the world capable of simulating future events, anticipating present events, and thereby formulating appropriate actions. Properties of awareness and of underlying processes are…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Literature Reviews
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Seiler, Gary D.; Anellis, Irving H. – Journal of the Association for the Study of Perception, 1979
Preponderant reliance on vision may distort one's conception of reality. Brain research indicates that complete integration of the two hemispheres, combining spatialization and language, has the greatest potential for representing external reality. It is therefore suggested that clinical techniques be developed to stimulate utilization of the…
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Learning Activities, Multisensory Learning, Perception
Henk, William A. – 1982
Behaviorism cannot adequately explain language processing. A synthesis of the psycholinguistic and information processing approaches of cognitive psychology, however, can provide the basis for a speculative analysis of reading, if this synthesis is tempered by a perceptual learning theory of uncertainty reduction. Theorists of information…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Language Skills, Learning Theories, Models
Malik, M. F. – 1977
Some of the theories which have been developed to explain how visual space is actually perceived, processed, and stored in the human brain are briefly noted, and the correspondence of contemporary systems of stereocinematography and holography to the neural processes of the brain is explored. Major concepts discussed include projective geometry,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Film Production, Films, Futures (of Society)