{"product_id":"categorical-perception-the-groundwork-of-cognition-paperback-9780521385947","title":"Categorical Perception; The Groundwork of Cognition (Paperback) 9780521385947","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCategorical Perception\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Groundwork of Cognition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom a focus on the most thoroughly investigated case of categorical perception - speech perception - the book proceeds to an integrative view of categorization in general.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStevan R. Harnad (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521385947, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 27 July 1990\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e612 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.85 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...provides a thorough survey of recent developments in the study of categorization and draws out some of the important consequences of this work to other studies of cognition.\"   Philosophical Psychology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHow do we sort the objects, people, events and ideas in the world into their proper categories? What transforms the 'blooming, buzzing confusion' that enters our eyes and ears when we are born into the orderly world which we eventually experience and interact with? This most basic of questions about human (and animal) perception and cognition is the subject of Categorical Perception, an exhaustive survey and integration of a diverse array of findings. Categorical Perception brings together all the known examples of categorical perception, from research on humans and animals, infants and adults, in all the sense modalities: hearing, seeing and touch. The perceptual findings are interpreted in terms of the available cognitive and neuroscientific theories of how categorical perception is accomplished by the brain: is it inborn? is it learned? what is it that the mind does to the incoming continuous information to sort it into the discrete categories we can see, manipulate, name and describe? Work on elementary perceptual and psychophysical categories (colours, sounds) is then compared with work on higher-order categories: objects, patterns, abstract concepts. From a focus on the most thoroughly investigated case of categorical perception - speech perception - the book proceeds to an integrative view of categorization in general.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: psychophysical and cognitive aspects of categorical perception: a critical overview S. Harnad\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Psychophysical Foundations of Categorical Perception: 1. Categoric perception: some psychophysical models R. E. Pastore\u003cbr\u003e 2. Beyond the categorical\/continuous distinction: a psychophysical approach to processing modes N. A. MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Categorical Perception of Speech: 3. Phonetic category boundaries are flexible B. H. Repp and A. M. Liberman\u003cbr\u003e 4. Auditory, articulatory, and learning explanations of categorical perception in speech S. Rosen and P. Howell\u003cbr\u003e 5. On infant speech perception and the acquisition of language P. D. Eimas, J. L. Miller and P. W. Jusczyk\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Models for Speech Categorical Perception: 6. Neural models of speech perception: a case history R. E. Remez\u003cbr\u003e 7. On the categorization of speech sounds R. L. Diehl and K. R. Kluender\u003cbr\u003e 8. Categorical partition: a fuzzy-logical model of categorization behaviour D. W. Massaro\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Categorical Perception in Other Modalities and Other Species: 9. Perceptual categories in vision and audition M. H. Bornstein\u003cbr\u003e 10. Categorical perception of sound signals: facts and hypotheses from animal studies G. Ehret\u003cbr\u003e 11. A naturalistic view of categorical perception C. T. Snowden\u003cbr\u003e 12. The special-mechanisms debate in speech research: categorization tests on animals and infants P. K. Kuhl\u003cbr\u003e 13. Brain mechanisms in categorical perception M. Wilson\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Psychophysiological Indices of Categorical Perception: 14. Electrophysiological indices of categorical perception for speech D. L. Molfese\u003cbr\u003e 15. Evoked potentials and color-defined categories D. Regan\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Higher-order Categories: 16. Categorization processes and categorical perception D. L. Medin and L. W. Barsalou\u003cbr\u003e 17. Developmental changes in category structure F. C. Keil and M. H. Kelly\u003cbr\u003e 18. Spatial categories: the perception and conceptualization of spatial relations E. Bialystok and D. R. Olson\u003cbr\u003e Part VII. Cognitive Foundations: 19. Category induction and representation S. Harnad\u003cbr\u003e Author index\u003cbr\u003e Subject index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Perception [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Perception\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Perception%20%5BJMRP%5D%22\"\u003eJMRP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007211884824,"sku":"9780521385947","price":44.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521385947i_7659b728-7ecf-45ed-b40b-41825063d5d9.jpg?v=1691376165","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/categorical-perception-the-groundwork-of-cognition-paperback-9780521385947","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}