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Attending to Forty-Nine Spatial Positions at Once
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Shiffrin, R. M.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 1976
Authors examines the limits of selective attention during early stages of information processing. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Attention Span, Experimental Psychology, Information Processing, Perception
Introspective Physicalism as an Approach to the Science of Consciousness.
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Jack, Anthony I.; Shallice, Tim – Cognition, 2001
Argues that accounting for introspection within a theory of consciousness can be achieved through constructing information- processing models that account for "Type-C" processes in which awareness of the stimulus is necessary for an intentional action. Suggests that the Shallice (1988) framework provides an initial account of Type-C…
Descriptors: Brain, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Information Processing
The Perceptual Organization of Ongoing Behavior
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Newtson, Darren; Engquist, Gretchen – Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 1976
The results of three studies clearly indicate that ongoing behavior is organized into perceptual units, and that these units may be validly identified by the Newtson (1973) unit marking procedure. (Author)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Data Analysis, Experiments, Information Processing
Performance Theories for Sentence Coding: Some Quantitative Evidence
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Aaronson, Doris; Scarborough, Hollis Shapiro – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 1976
Authors studied the human being as an active language processor in different task environments. They examined the empirical trends in two different performance situations where the subject processed and used linguistic information. Theories about subject's processing abilities in those situations were entertained. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Information Processing, Perception, Psychological Studies
Cardiac Activity and Information Processing: The Effects of Stimulus Significance, and Detection and Response Requirements
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Coles, Michael G. H.; Duncan-Johnson, Connie C. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 1975
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Flow Charts, Heart Rate, Information Processing
Information Processing Analysis of the Chevreul Pendulum Illusion
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Easton, Randolph D.; Shor, Ronald E. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 1975
This article reported the development of a method aimed at exploring the relations among covert muscle behavior, mental imagery, and the perception of external stimulation. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Diagrams, Experimental Psychology, Imagery, Information Processing
Biocybernetic Approach to the Communication Process.
Malik, M. F.; Thwaites, H. M. – 1984
This paper presents an overview of biocybernetic communication research, which deals with the information impact of films, television, photographic pictures, paintings, exhibitions, texts, and verbal stimuli on human beings. The first section describes the biocybernetic basics of biometric research, and clarifies terms used in the field. The…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Communications, Communications, Cybernetics, Electroencephalography