Modes of Perceiving and Processing Information

First published in 1978. Since World War II the field of perception has developed in two major directions. The first evolved out of the traditional psychophysical approach and is manifest today in the new psychophysics. The second direction is in the increasing bond between the fields of perception and cognition. This volume grew out of the context of this second direction, a particular product of two workshops (held in the Spring of 1974 and 1975), organized by the Committee on Cognitive Research of the Social Science Research Council. The Committee on Cognition was organized in 1971 to encourage communication and interaction on specific problems in the area of cognition among the various social sciences.

Chapter 1 Modes of Perceiving and Processing Information, Herbert L. PickJr., Saltzman Elliot; Part 1 Perception of Communicative Information; Chapter 2 An Outline of an Investigation into the Special Character of Pictures, Margaret A. Hagen; Chapter 3 A Dual Coding Approach to Perception and Cognition, Allan Paivio; Chapter 4 Is the Speaker-Hearer a Special Hearer?, Peter F. MacNeilage; Chapter 5 Meaning and The Construction of Reality in Early Childhood, M. A. K. Halliday; Part 2 Space and Event Perception; Chapter 6 Modes of Perceiving and Modes of Acting, Colwyn Trevarthen; Chapter 7 1Portions of this chapter were presented to the Psychonomics Society November 1973 and November 1975., Michael I. Posner, Mary Jo Nissen, William C. Ogden; Chapter 8 The Functions of Vision, David N. Lee; Chapter 9 Three Modes of Visual Perception, Arien Mack; Chapter 10 Perceiving Change, Robert Shaw, John Pittenger; Chapter 11 Modes of Perceiving: Abstracts, Comments, and Notes, M. T. Turvey, Sandra Sears Prindle;

HERBERT L PICK, JR., ELLIOT SALTZMAN both University of Minnesota.