Information Processing and Cognition

ISBN-13: 9781032722412 / Twarda / 2024 / 446 str.

Opis

Originally published in 1975, this title presented current theories in information processing and cognition at the time. The topics fall into three major groups: issues of perception and initial processing of visual material; problem of storage, retrieval, and consciousness in memory; processing of language.

Spis treści

Preface.  Section I  1. Memory, Perception, and Decision in Letter Identification W. K. Estes  2. Studies of Visual Information Processing in Man M. S. Mayzner  3. Attention and Cognitive Control Michael I. Posner and Charles R. R. Snyder  4. Form, Formation, and Transformation of Internal Representations Roger N. Shepard  Section II  5. Retrieval as a Memory Modifier: An Interpretation of Negative Recency and Related Phenomena Robert A. Bjork  6. Encoding, Storage, and Retrieval of Item Information Bennet B. Murdock, Jr. and Rita E. Anderson  7. Within-Individual Differences in “Cognitive” Processes William F. Battig  8. Consciousness: Respectable, Useful, and Probably Necessary George Mandler  Discussion: Sections I and II  Section III  9. Memory Representations of Text Walter Kintsch  10. Computer Simulation of a Language Acquisition System: A First Report John R. Anderson  11. Semiotic Extension David McNeill  12. The Construction and Use of Representations Involving Linear Order Tom Trabasso and Christine A. Riley.  Discussion: Section III.  Author Index.  Subject Index.

O autorze

Robert L. Solso