Böcker i Scientific Psychology Series-serien

This work examines the behavioural properties people exhibit (or should exhibit) when they make selections among alternatives, and how these properties lead to numerical representations of those preferences. It includes axiomatic theoretical formulations.

The subjects covered in this work include: quantitative models of perceiving and remembering faces; the perfect Gestalt; face spaces and other aspects of face perception; predicting similarity ratings to faces using physical descriptions; and the role of category specific processes.

A comprehensive review of the applications of a variety of formal techniques to questions in facial perception and memory for cognitive psychologists and scientists.

First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This work admits the validity of the two forms of psychophysical theory by arguing that the same empirical phenomena should be conceptualized in two alternative, apparently contradictory, ways. The complementarity theory stresses the "mutually completing" nature of two distinct models.

This volume summarizes the recent progress in mathematical psychology as seen by some of the leading figures in the field and some young researchers. A variety of topics are covered, including: decision and choice; psychophysics and psychometrics; and knowledge representation.

This volume offers an overview of localist connectionism. Localist connectionism provides a means of evolving from verbal-boxological models of human cognition to computer-implemented algorithmic models.