Brain and Perception
Holonomy and Structure in Figural Processing
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Neuropsychology
| Author: | Karl H. Pribram | ISBN: | 9781135832919 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | September 5, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Psychology Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Karl H. Pribram |
| ISBN: | 9781135832919 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | September 5, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Psychology Press |
| Language: | English |
Presented as a series of lectures, this important volume achieves four major goals:
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It integrates the results of the author's research as applied to pattern perception -- reviewing current brain research and showing how several lines of inquiry have been converging to produce a paradigm shift in our understanding of the neural basis of figural perception.
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It updates the holographic hypothesis of brain function in perception.
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It emphasizes the fact that both distributed (holistic) and localized (structural) processes characterize brain function.
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It portrays a neural systems analysis of brain organization in figural perception by computational models -- describing processing in terms of formalisms found useful in ordering data in 20th-century physical and engineering sciences.
The lectures are divided into three parts: a Prolegomenon outlining a theoretical framework for the presentation; Part I dealing with the configural aspects of perception; and Part II presenting its cognitive aspects. The appendices were developed in a collaborative effort by the author, Kunio Yasue, and Mari Jibu (both of Notre Dame Seishin University of Okayama, Japan).
Presented as a series of lectures, this important volume achieves four major goals:
-
It integrates the results of the author's research as applied to pattern perception -- reviewing current brain research and showing how several lines of inquiry have been converging to produce a paradigm shift in our understanding of the neural basis of figural perception.
-
It updates the holographic hypothesis of brain function in perception.
-
It emphasizes the fact that both distributed (holistic) and localized (structural) processes characterize brain function.
-
It portrays a neural systems analysis of brain organization in figural perception by computational models -- describing processing in terms of formalisms found useful in ordering data in 20th-century physical and engineering sciences.
The lectures are divided into three parts: a Prolegomenon outlining a theoretical framework for the presentation; Part I dealing with the configural aspects of perception; and Part II presenting its cognitive aspects. The appendices were developed in a collaborative effort by the author, Kunio Yasue, and Mari Jibu (both of Notre Dame Seishin University of Okayama, Japan).
