Image and Mind by Stephen M Kosslyn
Kosslyn makes an impressive case for the view that images are critically involved in the life of the mind. In a series of ingenious experiments, he provides hard evidence that people can construct elaborate mental images, search them for specific information, and perform such other internal operations as mental rotation.
Image and Mind is, in a sense, like a great novel—it can be read and appreciated from many different viewpoints: it is an account of the author’s experiments, some of the cleverest in cognitive psychologyIt contains a comprehensive theory of the imagery system with some novel standards of evaluation. It summarizes the methods and results of a computer simulation of the imagery system. It is a storehouse of ideas for the developmental psychologist. It is a treatise on the philosophy of science, with a number of ideas that will be new to many psychologists. Finally, it is a philosophical statement of the nature of mental events… In summary, Image and Mind is undoubtedly a landmark in cognitive psychology. It has served to define a field: to state the issues, to indicate important unsolved problems, to provide a fairly comprehensive theory of imagery, and to provide a model of how unobservable states can be studied and theorized about. * Contemporary Psychology *
A very ambitious project to understand visual imagery from the perspective of modern experimental psychology. * American Journal of Psychology *
A very ambitious project to understand visual imagery from the perspective of modern experimental psychology. * American Journal of Psychology *
Stephen M. Kosslyn is John Lindsley Professor of Psychology in Memory of William James, Emeritus, at Harvard University and Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780674443662 |
| ISBN 10 | 0674443667 |
| Title | Image and Mind |
| Author | Stephen M Kosslyn |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 1986-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 515 |
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