Visual Masking Studying Perception, Attention, and Consciousness

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Synopsis

Visual masking is a technique used in cognitive research to understand pre-conscious processes (priming, for example), consciousness, visual limits, and perception issues associated with psychopathology. This book is a short format review of research using visual masking: how it has been used, and what these experiments have discovered.Topics covered include concepts, varieties, and theories of masking; masking and microgenetic mechanisms and stagesof visual processing; psychopharmacological and genetic factors in masking, and more.

- Provides succinct information about the widely dispersed masking studies and points out some new trends in masking research
- Reviews transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) as an alternative to the traditional psychophysical masking methods
- Comments on the methodological pitfalls hidden in the practice of masking, helping to improve the quality of future research where masking is used as a tool
- Informs readers about recent developments in theoretical attempts to understand masking

Book details

Author:
Talis Bachmann, Gregory Francis
ISBN:
9780128003831
Related ISBNs:
9780128002506
Publisher:
Academic Press
Pages:
116
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2024-10-26
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2014
Copyright by:
Elsevier Science & Technology 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Psychology