Psychophysics and Experimental Phenomenology of Pattern Cognition

Psychophysics and Experimental Phenomenology of Pattern Cognition, Second Edition delves into the cognitive processes involved in pattern recognition and the specialized systems that handle these processes. Topics covered include symmetry cognition, contour perception, geometric illusions, weight sensation, as well as repetitive and dot patterns. By integrating aspects of psychophysics and experimental phenomenology, the book offers a thorough exploration of pattern cognition from both physical and mental sensory viewpoints, offering a holistic understanding of this cognitive system. New to the second edition are updated models, including one which can draw theoretical curves of rod function, new experimental data on unifiedness as examined in a three-stage serial model. This edition also includes brand new chapters on

Dr. Hamada received his Bachelor's degree in Experimental and Mathematical Psychology (1971) from Tokushima University, his Master's degree in Color Vision (1973) from Osaka Kyoiku University, and his PhD degree in Experimental and Mathematical Psychology (1980) from Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan. Based at Tokushima University since 1982, he has been Professor Emeritus since 2013. In 1991 he was a guest scientist at Department of Sensory Neurophysiology of Institut für Arbeitsphysiologie at Dortmund University, Germany. His main research areas are in symmetry cognition, contour perception, brightness illusion, geometrical illusion, and negative time-order effect on weight sensation.

Part 1. Antagonistic Processes of Excitation and Inhibition 1. Antagonistic Processes in Sensation 2. Mathematical Models for the Antagonistic Processes of Excitation and Inhibition Part 2. Brightness illusion 3. Aspects of Brightness Contrasts Part 3. Circle size in geometrical illusions 4. Comparative and individual judgments in geometric illusions Part 4. Symmetry Cognition 5. Transformational Group Structure Theory for Cognitive Judgments 6. Two-stage Group Theory Model Based on Rotation and Reflection Transformations 7. Three-stage Serial Processing Model with Anisotropic Space Filter and Group Theory 8. Cognitive Judgments for Repetitive Patterns