Fleeting Memories: Cognition of Brief Visual Stimuli (Cognitive Psychology) [Hardcover]

Veronika Coltheart (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 18, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0262032619 | ISBN-13: 978-0262032612

The investigation of what people understand and remember from rapidly presented sequences of visual stimuli began in the late 1960s. In this book prominent researchers approach the topic from psychological, neuropsychological, and electrophysiological perspectives. Specific issues include RSVP (rapid serial visual presentation), attentional blink, repetition blindness, and scene perception. The contributors review recent research on our ability to comprehend and remember pictures of objects and scenes, written words, and sentences when the visual stimuli are presented sequentially at rates of up to ten items per second. In short, the book is about our remarkably developed abilities to understand and remember the contents of very briefly presented material.Contributors : Daphne Bavelier, Veronika Coltheart, Helene Intraub, Nancy Kanwisher, Steven J. Luck, Nadine Martin, Mary C. Potter, Eleanor M. Saffran, Kimron L. Shapiro, Ewa Wojciulik, Jeremy M. Wolfe, Carol Yin.

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About the Author

Veronika Coltheart is Associate Professor of Psychology at Macquarie University, Australia.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 283 pages
• Publisher: A Bradford Book (June 18, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0262032619
• ISBN-13: 978-0262032612
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,089,701 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)