Visual Attention and Cognition

✍ Scribed by W.H. Zangemeister, H.S. Stiehl and C. Freksa (Eds.)

Publisher: Elsevier Science Pub Co
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Leaves: 413
Series: Advances in Psychology 116
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

This text presents some of the main interdisciplinary aspects playing a role in visual attention and cognition. After a general discussion, there are four main sections, covering: neuropsychological aspects; clinical neuroscience aspects; modelling aspects; and application aspects.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Foreword
Pages v-vi
S. Zeki

Introduction
Pages vii-xi
W.H. Zangemeister, H.S. Stiehl, C. Freksa

Experimental metaphysics: The scanpath as an epistemological mechanism Original Research Article
Pages 3-69
Lawrence W. Stark, Yun S. Choi

Neuropsychological aspects of visual attention and eye movements — A synopsis Original Research Article
Pages 73-78
Glyn W. Humphreys

Search and selection in human vision: Psychological evidence and computational implications Original Research Article
Pages 79-93
Glyn W. Humphreys, Iain Gilchrist, Linda Free

Visual attention and saccadic eye movements in normal human subjects and in patients with unilateral neglect Original Research Article
Pages 95-114
John M Findlay, Robin Walker

New developments in the understanding and treatment of the hemispatial neglect syndrome Original Research Article
Pages 115-123
Hilary C. Haeske-Dewick, Anthony G.M. Canavan, Volker Hömberg

Attention and communication: Eye-movement-based research paradigms Original Research Article
Pages 125-154
Boris Velichkovsky, Marc Pomplun, Johannes Rieser

Visual attention and cognition: A synopsis of clinical aspects Original Research Article
Pages 157-163
Wolfgang H. Zangemeister

The role of attention in human oculomotor control Original Research Article
Pages 165-175
Masud Husain, Christopher Kennard

Imaging of visual attention with positron emission tomography Original Research Article
Pages 177-195
Rüdiger J. Seitz

Evidence for scanpaths in hemianopic patients shown through string editing methods Original Research Article
Pages 197-221
Wolfgang H. Zangemeister, Ulrich Oechsner

Visual perception and cognition: A synopsis of modeling aspects Original Research Article
Pages 225-236
H. Siegfried Stiehl

The collicular motor map as modelled by a two-dimensional mapped neural field Original Research Article
Pages 237-248
Andreas Schierwagen

Optomotor processing in the prey catching of amphibia Original Research Article
Pages 249-268
H. Schwegler

Designing an anthropomorphic head-eye system Original Research Article
Pages 269-292
Kourosh Pahlavan

Saccadic camera control for scene recognition on an autonomous vehicle Original Research Article
Pages 293-307
Herbert Janßen

From active perception to active cooperation — Fundamental processes of intelligent behavior Original Research Article
Pages 309-321
Ruzena Bajcsy

Orientation and visual attention in the real world: A synopsis Original Research Article
Pages 325-326
Andrew H. Clarke

Adaptive control of teleoperators in response to visuo-manual relationship alteration Original Research Article
Pages 327-346
Gabriel M. Gauthier, Olivier Guédon, Rolandas Purtulis, Jean-Louis Vercher

Current trends in eye movement measurement techniques Original Research Article
Pages 347-364
Andrew H. Clarke

Selective visual attention during multiple-process control Original Research Article
Pages 365-377
Andreas G. Fleischer, Günther Becker

Closing comment
Page 379
V. Braitenberg

Contributors
Pages 381-384

Index
Pages 385-395

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