Perspectives On Mental Representation: Experimental And Theoretical Studies Of Cognitive Processes And Capacities (psychology Library Editions: Perception)

Originally published in 1982, the editors felt that their field was clearly in need of explanatory accounts for many different areas. This volume presents statements of the status of research in several areas by scholars at the forefront of the discipline. It tries at the same time to juxtapose theoretical and experimental perspectives in order to display some of the major lines of tension in the field. Divided into 5 parts it covers: Theoretical Perspectives; Experimental Studies in Processing; Neuropsychological Studies in Processing; Studies in Development; followed by Commentary on some specific chapters. Optimal Word-Recognition Processes -- Structural and Interpretative Aspects of Speech-Understanding -- Concluding Remarks -- 10. A Perspective on Research in Language Production -- Introduction -- Orientation of Research -- Some Observations about Language Production -- Summary Statement -- 11. Prosody and Sentence Perception in English -- The Perception of Sentence Accent -- Prosodic Cues to the Location of Syntactic Boundaries -- Prosodic Cues to Lexical Stress -- Conclusion -- 12. On Neologisms -- Introduction (A Linguistic Definition of Neologisms) -- Phonemic Deviations in Conduction Aphasia -- Morphemic Deviations -- Abstruse Neologisms in Wernicke's Aphasia -- Glossolalia in Aphasia and Schizophasia -- Summary and Conclusion -- Part III: Neuropsychological Studies in Processing -- 13. Cognitive-Neuroscience: Developments Toward a Science of Synthesis -- Introduction -- Methods of Study -- Spatio-Temporal Methods -- Cognitive Systems -- Comprehending Language -- Orienting of Attention -- Conclusions -- 14. The Two Sides of Cognition -- Introduction -- From Stimulus- to Modes of Processing-OrientedDichotomies -- The "Analytic-Holistic" Dichotomy -- 15. Language and Brain: Some Points of Connection -- Grammatical Limitations in Broca's Aphasia -- A Processing Account of Broca's Aphasia -- Grammatical Limitations in Broca's Aphasia: Additional Considerations -- Summary -- 16. On the Emergence of Cognitive Neuroscience -- Part IV: Studies in Development -- 17. A Note on the Biology of Speech Perception -- 18. Speech Perception: A View of the Initial State and Perceptual Mechanisms -- Infant Speech Perception -- Theoretical Mechanisms -- Summary -- 19. Auditory versus Phonetic Coding of Speech Signals During Infancy -- Some Minimal Speech Perception Requirements for Acquisition of Spoken Language -- The Infant's Discrimination of Speech Sounds Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part I: Theoretical Perspectives -- 1. On the Representation of Form and Function -- 2. On Recent Developments in the Theory of Phonology -- Introduction -- Main Topics of Phonological Research -- 3. Perceptual and Analogical Bases of Cognition -- Evolutionary Considerations -- Studies of the Internal Representation of Spatial Transformations -- Investigations of the Role of Symmetries and of Form -- Possible Connections with Neurophysiology -- Possible Connections with Cognitive Science Generally -- Appendix -- 4. A Computer Simulation Approach to Studying Mental Imagery -- Structures -- Long-Term Memory Structures -- Imagery Processes -- Conclusions -- Part II: Experimental Studies in Processing -- 5. Disintegrating the Lexicon: An Information Processing Approach -- Introduction -- General Considerations -- The Nature of the Internal Lexicon -- Lexical Decision -- Reading in Japanese -- A Final Caution -- Some Neurolinguistic Connections -- 6. Propositional Representations, Procedural Semantics, and Mental Models -- The Meanings of Words -- The Psychology of Reasoning -- Conclusions -- 7. Two Mechanisms of Lexical Ambiguity -- 8. The Structure and Time-Course of Information Interaction During Speech Comprehension: Lexical Segmentation, Access, and Interpretation -- Basic Considerations -- Evidence About the Real-Time Processing of Words -- Effects of Semantic Contexts on Lexical Access -- Effects of Non-Semantic Sources of Context upon Lexical Access -- Segmentation of Word Candidates and the Role of Context -- Conclusions -- 9. Speech Comprehension Processes -- Introduction -- Central Processes in Speech Understanding -- Contextual Interactions with Word-Recognition Processes Evidence Relating to the Infant's Categorization of Speech Sounds -- Some Implications of the Discrimination and Categorization of Speech Sounds by Infants -- 20. Oriented Mouthing Activity in Neonates: Early Development of Differences Related to Feeding Experiences -- 21. Visual Development: From Resolution to Perception -- 22. Perceptual Knowledge of Objects in Infancy -- Perception of Suspended Objects -- Perception of Partly Occluded Objects -- Perception of Adjacent Objects -- Principles of Object Perception -- Developing Knowledge of Objects -- 23. On Gaps Undetectable for Language Learners -- Part V: Commentary -- 24. Comments on Chomsky's Chapter, "On the Representation of Form and Function"--25. Comments on Chomsky's Chapter, "On the Representation of Form and Function"--26. The Meaning of an Experiment Combining Cognitive and Neurobiological Approaches -- 27. Comments on the Chapters by Shepard and Kosslyn -- 28. Perception and Cognitive Properties of the Initial State -- Author Index -- Subject Index