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Percepts, Concepts and Categories: The Representation and Processing of Information Volume 93
Contributor(s): Burns, B. (Editor)
ISBN: 0444887342     ISBN-13: 9780444887344
Publisher: North-Holland
OUR PRICE:   $108.90  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: October 1992
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BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
- Social Science
- Psychology | Experimental Psychology
Dewey: 153
LCCN: 92026533
Series: Advances in Psychology
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (2.58 lbs) 692 pages
 
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The most important distinction derived from the computational view of thought is between structures and processes. So proclaimed Farah and Kosslyn in 1982, arguing that structures and processes cannot be examined in isolation and concluding that converging operations are required to isolate the structure-process pair that can explain a particular finding.

The distinction between structure and process within the study of percepts, concepts and categories is considered in depth in this volume, with penetrating commentaries by fellow authors concluding each chapter.

This interesting format achieves a broad coverage of the various aspects and implications of the structure-process distinction. It affords a salient indication of the diversity of positions as to the description and utility of distinguishing structures and processors. At the same time, it reveals that researchers specializing in areas of study ranging from simple structure and process involved in perceptual organization and texture to complex structure and process associated with reading graphs and chess expertise, do utilize such a distinction in similar ways.

The analysis is organized into four major parts within the book: Early Visual Representation and Processing; Percepts, Concepts, Categories and Development; Categories, Concepts and Learning; and Higher-Order Representation and Processing.