Perceptual Learning: The Flexibility Of The Senses

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Title:Perceptual Learning: The Flexibility Of The SensesISBN13:9780190662899ISBN10:0190662891Author:Connolly, Kevin (Author)Description:Experts From Wine Tasters To Radiologists To Bird Watchers Have All Undergone Perceptual Learning-Long-Term Changes In Perception That Result From Practice Or Experience Philosophers Have Been Discussing Such Cases For Centuries, From The 14Th-Century Indian Philosopher Vedanta Desika To The 18Th-Century Scottish Philosopher Thomas Reid, And Into Contemporary Times This Book Uses Recent Evidence From Psychology And Neuroscience To Show That Perceptual Learning Is Genuinely Perceptual, Rather Than Post-Perceptual It Also Offers A Taxonomy For Classifying Cases In The Philosophical Literature In Some Cases, Perceptual Learning Involves Changes In How One Attends; In Other Cases, It Involves A Learned Ability To Differentiate Two Properties, Or To Perceive Two Properties As Unified Connolly Uses This Taxonomy To Rethink Several Domains Of Perception In Terms Of Perceptual Learning, Including Multisensory Perception, Color Perception, And Speech Perception As A Whole, The Book Offers A Theory Of The Function Of Perceptual Learning Perceptual Learning Embeds Into Our Quick Perceptual Systems What Would Be A Slower Task Were It To Be Done In A Controlled, Cognitive Manner A Novice Wine Taster Drinking A Cabernet Sauvignon Might Have To Think About Its Features First And Then Infer The Type Of Wine, While An Expert Can Identify It Immediately This Learned Ability To Immediately Identify The Wine Enables The Expert To Think About Other Things Like The Vineyard Or The Vintage Of The Wine More Generally, Perceptual Learning Serves To Free Up Cognitive Resources For Other Tasks This Book Offers A Comprehensive Empirically-Informed Account, And Explores The Nature, Scope, And Theoretical Implications Of Perceptual Learning Binding:Hardcover, HardcoverPublisher:Oxford University Press, USAPublication Date:2019-02-22Weight:1 lbsDimensions:1'' H x 8.4'' L x 5.6'' WNumber of Pages:272Language:English