Microgenetic Approach to the Conscious Mind (Advances in Consciousness Research)
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
Published: October 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9781556198410
Subjects: General; Cognitive Psychology; Consciousness; Psychology; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Attention; Perception
Description: "This book is set to convey an overview of the history, methods, findings and theoretical accounts of microgenetic research in consciousness and experimental psychology. The reader will find information about how conscious percepts unfold within only a fraction of a second. In a sense, and according to the microgenetic hypothesis, our subjectively experienced perceptual image undergoes formation similar to the process of developing a photograph. Yet the time scale of the awareness-related perceptual development is much finer and therefore accessible only to observation armed with special experimental procedures that are exposed in this book. In addition, the author presents empirical findings and theoretical interpretations from his own lab."--Jacket.