The Orienting Response in Information Processing

by Heikki Lyytinen, Risto Naatanen, Evgeni N. Sokolov, John Spinks

Overview

A testimony to the work of Evgeny Nikolaevich Sokolov, this new book presents a cognitive science approach to the study of perception, information processing & attention.Reviews of the co- authors studies on attention & anticipation are also included.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415652537
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/03/2013
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	382
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Heikki Lyytinen, Risto Naatanen, Evgeni N. Sokolov, John Spinks

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface. Introduction. A Macrolevel Analysis of the Nonsignal Orienting Response. A Macrolevel Analysis of the Signal Orienting Response. A Microlevel Analysis of the Orienting Response Using Extrcellular Recording. A Microlevel Analysis of the Orienting Response Using Intracellular Recording. A Microlevel Analysis of the Orienting Response Using Intracellular Recording From the Isolated Soma. A Microlevel Analysis of the Orienting Response: Extracellular Recording From Detectors and Novelty-Dependent Neurons. Event-Related Potentials and the Orienting Response. Neuronal Organization of Color Space. The Orienting Response and Subjective Space I. The Orienting Response and Subjective Space II. Orienting, Information, and Anticipation. Auditory Event-Related Potentials in the Study of the Orienting Response. Addendum: Underlying Principles of Information Processing.

Editorial Reviews

"The strength of this book lies in its variety of topics, research ideas, and methods...whatever your reading strategy is, by all means, read it."
--American Journal of Psychology

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