Specific abnormalities of vision in schizophrenia have been observed to affect high-level
and some low-level integration mechanisms, suggesting that people with schizophrenia may …

The simplicity principle, traditionally referred to as Occam's razor, is the idea that simpler
explanations of observations should be preferred to more complex ones. In recent decades …

Drawing on a modern neurocognitive framework, this full-color textbook introduces the entire
field of cognition through an engaging narrative. Emphasizing the common neural …

A writing system is a graphic code, ie, a system of standardized pairings between symbols
and meanings in which symbols take the form of images that can endure. The visual …

Cattle brands (ownership marks left on animals) are subject to forces influencing other
graphic codes: the copying of constituent parts, pressure for distinctiveness and pressure for …

Symmetry is an important and prominent feature of the visual world. It has been studied as a
basis for image segmentation and perceptual organization, but it also plays a role in higher …

We investigated whether visual complexity of novel abstract patterns affects perceived
duration. Previous research has reported that complex visual stimuli led to an …

Perceptual organization is the process of giving structure to our experience of objects,
scenes, and events in the world. The literature on this complex and fascinating topic is huge …

Wertheimer's seminal paper of 1923 was of gerat influence in psychology and other
sciences. Wertheimer also emphasized the weaknesses of the newborn Gestalt theory: too …

A new concept of Intuition, the Deep Unconscious is considered on the basis of the
Paradigm of limiting generalizations. The book describes a high-level sketch. The results of …