Percepts, Concepts and Categories - The Representation and Processing of Information

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Contributors. Preface. Part A: Early Visual Representation and Processing. An Essay on Texture: The Extraction of Stimulus Structure from the Visual Image (E.A. Essock). Commentary (R. Kimchi, M. Goldsmith). The Nature of Selectivity in Early Human Vision (J.T. Enns). Commentary (E.A. Essock). Structure and Process in Perceptual Organization (R. Kimchi, M. Goldsmith). Commentary (J.T. Enns). On Identifying Things: A Case For Context (G.R. Lockhead). Commentary (C.M. Carswell). Part B: Percepts, Concepts, Categories and Development. Structure in the Process of Seeing (T.C. Callaghan). Commentary (L.B. Smith, D. Heise). Perceived Similarity in Perceptual and Conceptual Development: The Influence of Category Information on Perceptual Organization (B. Burns). Commentary (A.F. Smith). Perceptual Similarity and Conceptual Structure (L.B. Smith, D. Heise). Commentary (G.R. Lockhead). Reflecting on Representation and Process: Children's Understanding of Cognition (S.E. Barrett, H. Abdi, J.M. Sniffen). Commentary (D.H. Holden). Part C: Categories, Concepts and Learning. Basic Levels in Artificial and Natural Categories: Are All Basic Levels Created Equal? (M.E. Lassaline, E.J. Wisniewski, D.L. Medin). Commentary (I.D. Nahinsky). Episodic Components of Concept Learning and Representation (I.D. Nahinsky). Commentary (M.E. Lassaline, E.J. Wisniewski, D.L. Medin). Modeling Category Learning and Use: Representation and Processing (D. Billman). Commentary (I.D. Nahinsky). Learning Categories With and Without Trying: Does It Make A Difference? (T.B. Ward, A.H. Becker). Commentary (T.C. Callaghan). Not Just Any Category: The Representation of the Self in Memory (J.F. Kroll, F.M. Deutsch). Commentary (T.B. Ward, A.H. Becker). Part D: Higher-Order Representation and Processing. Perceptual Representations of Choice Alternatives (A.F. Smith). Commentary (S.E. Edgell). The Effects of Representation on the Processing of Probabilistic Information (S.E. Edgell, R.D. Bright, P.C. Ng, T.K. Noonan, L.A. Ford). Commentary (A.F. Smith). Reading Graphs: Interactions of Processing Requirements and Stimulus Structure (C.M. Carswell). Commentary (S.E. Barrett, H. Abdi, J.M. Sniffen). Search Process Versus Pattern Structure In Chess Skill (D.H. Holding). Commentary (D. Billman). Author and Subject Indexes.