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
- Copyright:
- 2014
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 116 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780128003831
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780128002506
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
- Date of Addition:
- 10/26/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Elsevier Science & Technology
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Psychology
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.