Ambiguity in Mind and Nature - Multistable Cognitive Phenomena

Ambiguity in Mind and Nature is the result of cognitive multistability, the phenomenon in which an unchanging stimulus, usually visual, gives rise in the subject to an oscillating perceptual interpretation. The vase/face picture is one of the most famous examples.
In this book scientists from many disciplines including physics, biology, psychology, maths and computer science, present recent progress in this fascinating area of cognitive science. Using the phenomenon of multistability as a paradigm they seek to understand how meaning originates in the brain as a consequence of cognitive processes.
New advances are achieved by applying concepts such as self-organization, chaos theory and complex systems to the latest results of psychological and neurophysical experiments. This interdisciplinary work will interest all students and researchers concerned with the question of how the human brain perceives and extracts meaning from the stimuli received from the environment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer, Berlin
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.01.1994
• EAN: 9783540570820
• ISBN: 978-3-540-57082-0
• Seiten: 300
• Gewicht: 884 g
• Illustration: w. 272 figs.
• Serie: Springer Series in Synergetics
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Psychologie > Theoretische Psychologie