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Visual Masking
Studying Perception, Attention, and Consciousness
Review of research using visual masking with special emphasise on the novel aspects having emerged just recently that have not been comprehensively reviewed so far
Talis Bachmann (Author), Gregory Francis (Author)
9780128002506, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 22 November 2013
116 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 0.9 cm, 0.09 kg
"Reading the book is not only instructive but also fun. It portrays many surprising new findings, which are well beyond the main discussions about the mechanisms of masking…It is a truly balanced and an exhaustive review. Great!" --Perception "Unfortunately, the literature on masking is heavily distributed, with a low level of coherence. Clearly, a new book was needed and fortunately Talis Bachmann and Greg Francis have taken the challenge and filled the gap with a marvelous review book. The main bulk of the book is to review all current studies and theories on masking from 2006 onwards...the book has managed, in an elegant fashion, to present the current approaches to masking, together with their supporting and contradicting evidence. All experiments and theories are not only well presented but critically discussed...patterns within the ocean of unrelated topics become visible. Bachmann and Francis also cover applications, particularly, how masking is used in the clinic. Reading the book is not only instructuve but also fun. It is a truly balanced and an exhaustive review." --Reviewed by Michael Herzog, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, for Perception, 2015, 0(0) 1-2
Visual masking is a technique used in cognitive research to understand pre-conscious processes (priming, for example), consciousness, visual limits, and perception issues associated with psychopathology. This book is a short format review of research using visual masking: how it has been used, and what these experiments have discovered.Topics covered include concepts, varieties, and theories of masking; masking and microgenetic mechanisms and stagesof visual processing; psychopharmacological and genetic factors in masking, and more.
PrefaceIntroductionThe Concept of Masking, Varieties of Masking, and Main Theories of MaskingLearning and individual Differences in MaskingCriterion Contents and Subjective Contents in MaskingMasking and Attention: Pre- and Posttarget EffectsMasking and Attention: OSMMasking and NCCMasked Priming and Unconscious ProcessingHow Masking Depends on the Visual characteristics of the Target and Mask StimuliUncovering the Microgenetic Mechanisms and Stages of Visual Processing by MaskingNovel Approaches in Masking ResearchMasking by TMSModeling and Theoretical Accounts of MaskingPsychopharmacological and Genetic Factors in MaskingApplied Aspects of Masking Research: Medicine and TechnologyGeneralizations and ConclusionsAcknowledgementsReferences
Subject Areas: Cognition & cognitive psychology [JMR], Cognitivism, cognitive theory [JMAQ]
