The logic of perception

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The logic of perception

Responsibility	Irvin Rock
Series	Bradford book
Material Type	Book
Publisher	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press
Year	c1983
Language	English
Size	xiii, 365 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Abstract	The theory of visual perception that Irvin Rock develops and supports in this book with numerous original experiments, views perception as the outcome of a process of unconscious inference, problem so...ving, and the building of structural descriptions of the external world. It is a radical departure from his earlier work and contrasts with traditional perceptual theories like those of James J. Gibson or the Gestalt view. Rock experiments with a series of phenomena, like motion perception, illusory contours, and size and brightness constancy, and shows that they can be understood in terms of the knowledge applied by the visual system to the interpretation of the retinal image. His work largely complements that being done in artificial intelligence, demonstrating that the visual system is far more subtle and intelligent in many tasks which have not yet been modelled on the computer. Irvin Rock, a noted investigator of perceptual phenomena for nearly three decades, is Professor of Psychology at Rutgers University. show more

Notes	Bibliography: p. [343]-356 Includes index
Authors	*Rock, Irvin
Subjects	LCSH:Perception LCSH:Thought and thinking MESH:Perception MESH:Intelligence MESH:Logic
Classification	LCC:BF311 DC19:153.7
ID	1000106426
ISBN	0262181096
NCID	BA0137109X
Vol	hard ; ISBN:0262181096 pbk ; ISBN:0262680459
Created Date	2009.09.10
Modified Date	2009.09.16