These essays tackle some of the central issues in visual
cognition, presenting experimental techniques from cognitive
psychology, new ways of modeling cognitive processes on computers
from artificial intelligence, and new ways of studying brain
organization from neuropsychology, to address such questions as:
How do we recognize objects in front of us? How do we reason about
objects when they are absent and only in memory? How do we
conceptualize the three dimensions of space? Do different people do
these things in different ways? And where are these abilities
located in the brain?While this research, which appeared as a
special issue of the journal Cognition, is at the cutting edge of
cognitive science, it does not assume a highly technical background
on the part of readers. The book begins with a tutorial
introduction by the editor, making it suitable for specialists and
nonspecialists alike.Steven Pinker is Associate Professor,
Department of Psychology and Center for Cognitive Science at
MIT.
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