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PublisherMIT Press

ISBN-100262133393

ISBN-139780262133395

eBay Product ID (ePID)639513

Product Key Features

Number of Pages284 Pages

Publication NameInattentional Blindness

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1998

SubjectGeneral, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPsychology

AuthorIrvin Rock, Arien Mack

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight21.1 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN97-028254

Dewey Edition21

ReviewsThe book is full of important and intriguing findings...will no doubt play a centralrole in the growing literature suggesting that at any moment our conscious perception of the worldis really quite limited even though we have the illusion that it is rich and detailed., "This may be one of those rare instances where a single body of work (and in a seemingly overstudied area), almost single-handedly, can overturn prevailing ideas. This type of work helps to elevate the discipline of experimental psychology to its deserved place in understanding the mind and brain." -Ken Nakayama,Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, The book is full of important and intriguing findings...will no doubt play a central role in the growing literature suggesting that at any moment our conscious perception of the world is really quite limited even though we have the illusion that it is rich and detailed., Likely to become a landmark.... In contrast to earlier physiologically inspiredmodels of visual attention, this book whets our appetite for a new, richer, and fuller understandingof perception and its relation to conscious and unconscious mental processing., Likely to become a landmark.... In contrast to earlier physiologically inspired models of visual attention, this book whets our appetite for a new, richer, and fuller understanding of perception and its relation to conscious and unconscious mental processing.

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal153.7/33

SynopsisArien Mack and Irvin Rock make the radical claim that there is no conscious perception of the visual world without attention to it., Arien Mack and Irvin Rock make the radical claim that there is no conscious perception of the visual world without attention to it. Many people believe that merely by opening their eyes, they see everything in their field of view; in fact, a line of psychological research has been taken as evidence of the existence of so-called preattentional perception. In Inattentional Blindness , Arien Mack and Irvin Rock make the radical claim that there is no such thing -- that there is no conscious perception of the visual world without attention to it. The authors present a narrative chronicle of their research. Thus, the reader follows the trail that led to the final conclusions, learning why initial hypotheses and explanations were discarded or revised, and how new questions arose along the way. The phenomenon of inattentional blindness has theoretical importance for cognitive psychologists studying perception, attention, and consciousness, as well as for philosophers and neuroscientists interested in the problem of consciousness.

LC Classification NumberBF241.M26 1998