Attention and Performance XVI: Information Integration in Perception and Communication

The Contributions To This Volume, The Sixteenth In The Prestigious Attention And Performance Series, Revisit The Issue Of Modularity - The Idea That Many Functions Are Independently Realized In Specialized, Autonomous Modules. Although There Is Much Evidence Of Modularity In The Brain, There Is Also Reason To Believe That The Outcome Of Processing, Across Domains, Depends On The Synthesis Of A Wide Range Of Constraining Influences. The Twenty-four Chapters In Attention And Performance Xvi Look At How These Influences Are Integrated In Perception, Attention, Language Comprehension, And Motor Control. They Consider The Mechanisms Of Information Integration In The Brain; Examine The Status Of The Modularity Hypothesis In Light Of Efforts To Understand How Information Integration Can Be Successfully Achieved: And Discuss Information Integration From The Viewpoints Of Psychophysics, Physiology, And Computational Theory. Introduction -- Association Lecture -- Integration In Perception Of Visual Structure -- Integration Over Fixations In Vision -- Multimodal Integration For Representation Of Space -- Integration For Motor Control -- Integration In Language -- Attention -- Deiscussion. Edited By Toshio Inui And James L. Mcclelland. This Book Is Based On Papers That Were Presented At The Sixteenth International Symposium On Attention And Performance Held At Kyoto Research Park, Kyoto, Japan, July 11-15, 1994. A Bradford Book. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.