Psychophysics and experimental phenomenology of pattern cognition Jiro Hamada

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamada, Jirō, 1947- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychophysics.

Psychology--Mathematics.

Psychology.

Psychology, Experimental.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Second edition

Place of Publication:

London Cambridge, MA Academic Press [2025]

Summary:

Psychophysics and Experimental Phenomenology of Pattern Cognition, Second Edition delves into the cognitive processes involved in pattern recognition and the specialized systems that handle these processes. Topics covered include symmetry cognition, contour perception, geometric illusions, weight sensation, as well as repetitive and dot patterns. By integrating aspects of psychophysics and experimental phenomenology, the book offers a thorough exploration of pattern cognition from both physical and mental sensory viewpoints, offering a holistic understanding of this cognitive system. New to the second edition are updated models, including one which can draw theoretical curves of rod function, new experimental data on unifiedness as examined in a three-stage serial model. This edition also includes brand new chapters on

Contents:

Front Cover

Psychophysics and Experimental Phenomenology of Pattern Cognition

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1

Antagonistic processes of excitation and inhibition

One

Antagonistic processes in sensation

1.1 Mach band and border contrast

1.1.1 Radial Mach bands at the ridges of regular polygons

1.2 Antagonistic processes in tactile two-point threshold and brightness perception

1.3 Negative time-order effects in weight sensation

1.3.1 Conventional hypotheses on negative time-order effects

1.3.2 Methods

1.3.2.1 Experimental methods

1.3.2.2 Procedure

1.3.2.3 Participants and experimenters

1.3.3 Results

1.3.3.1 Relative and absolute judgments

1.3.3.2 Rating values in absolute judgments

1.3.4 Discussion

1.3.4.1 Explanation by trace sedimentation and assimilation theory

1.3.4.2 Application of the adaptation-level theory

1.3.4.3 Explanation by disinhibition

Two

Mathematical models for the antagonistic processes of excitation and inhibition

2.1 Lateral inhibition model for the Müller-Lyer illusion

2.1.1 Methods

2.1.1.1 Stimulus patterns

2.1.1.2 Procedure

2.1.2 Results and discussion

2.1.2.1 Amount of illusion

2.1.2.2 Computer simulation

2.1.2.3 Output response calculation procedure

2.2 Extreme-value extrapolation model for brightness illusion

2.3 Light thresholds for geometrical patterns

2.3.1 Methods

2.3.1.1 Experimental apparatus and procedures

2.3.2 Results and discussion

2.4 Light intensity-dependent model for light threshold

2.4.1 Methods

2.4.1.1 Experimental apparatus and procedures

2.4.2 Results and discussion

2.4.2.1 Experiment 1

2.4.2.2 Experiment 2

2.4.2.3 Experiment 3

2.4.2.4 Experiment 4

2.4.2.5 Schematic diagram of facilitatory and inhibitory effects

2.4.2.6 Light intensity-dependent model

2.4.2.7 Output response at any position relative to the annulus

2.5 Dark adaptation curves to monochromatic light

2.5.1 Methods

2.5.1.1 Experimental apparatus and procedures

2.5.1.2 Procedure

2.5.1.3 Participants

2.5.2 Results and discussion

2.5.2.1 Considerations for the light threshold at the annulus center

2.6 Four-level serial processing model for border contrast

2.6.1 Excito-inhibitory transduction level

2.6.2 Response gradient extraction level

2.6.3 Edges detection level

2.6.4 Information reduction level

2.7 Appendix (1) see also Hamada (1984b)

2.7.1 Border contrast for circular light intensity distribution

2.7.2 Koffka's ring

2

Brightness illusion

Three

Aspects of brightness contrasts

3.1 Simultaneous brightness contrast

3.1.1 Apparent brightness in the contrast induction pattern

3.1.1.1 Results and discussion

3.2 Brightness contrast and assimilation in half-wave patterns

3.2.1 Half-wave patterns

3.2.1.1 Results and discussion

3.3 Contour perception and the Craik-O'Brien illusion

3.4 The Craik-O'Brien illusion by the compensation method

3.4.1 Amount of illusion compensation

3.4.2 Craik-O'Brien illusions and Mach bands

3.5 The Craik-O'Brien-Cornsweet illusion

3.5.1 Results and discussion

3.5.1.1 Effects of blurring boundaries

3.6 The Ehrenstein illusion

3.6.1 Contrast polarity, distance, and direction effects in the Ehrenstein illusion

3.6.1.1 Methods

3.6.1.2 Results

3.6.1.3 Discussion

3.6.2 Antagonistic process, edge detection, and blocking of lateral spread in a three-level qualitative model

3.6.3 Additional considerations

3

Circle size in geometrical illusions

Four

Comparative and individual judgments in geometric illusions

4.1 Distance dependence and anisotropy of the Ebbinghaus illusion

4.1.1 Methods

4.1.1.1 Stimulus patterns

4.1.1.2 Participants and procedure

4.1.2 Results

4.1.3 Discussion

4.1.3.1 Control condition

4.1.3.2 Anisotropy, distance dependence and canceling effect in the Ebbinghaus illusion

4.1.4 Methods

4.1.4.1 Stimulus patterns

4.1.4.2 Participants and procedures

4.1.5 Results and discussion

4.2 Morinaga's paradox in the Ebbinghaus illusion

4.3 The Delboeuf illusion by the limit and constant methods

4.3.1 Examination by limit method

4.3.2 Examination by the constant method

4.3.2.1 Method

4.3.2.1.1 Stimulus patterns and procedures

4.3.3 Results and discussion

4.4 The concentric circle illusion by individual judgment and judgment-order effect

4.4.1 Method

4.4.1.1 Stimulus pattern

4.4.1.2 Participants and procedures

4.4.2 Results and discussion

4.4.2.1 Concentric circle illusion in preceding judgment

4.4.2.2 Concentric circle expansion at minimum diameter difference

4.4.2.3 Judgment-order effect in subsequent decisions

4.4.2.4 Judgment-order effect

4.4.2.5 Overratings in the smallest inner circle

4.4.2.6 Comparative and individual judgments

4

Symmetry cognition

Five

Transformational group structure theory for cognitive judgments

5.1 ESS (number of patterns) and transformational group structure theory

5.1.1 Goodness

5.1.2 Similarity

5.2 Transformational group structure theory for the goodness and simplicity of 1D black-white ellipse patterns

5.2.1 Examination of the goodness and simplicity of 1D black-white patterns based on the transformational group structure theory

5.2.1.1 Stimulus patterns

5.2.1.2 Participants and procedures

5.2.2 Results and discussion

5.2.2.1 Dependence on transformational group structure

5.2.2.2 Effect of run number

5.3 Similarity of 1D ellipse and 2D dot pattern pairs

5.3.1 Similarity of 1D black-white ellipse pattern pairs

5.3.1.1 Stimulus patterns

5.3.1.2 Participants and procedures

5.3.2 Results and discussion

5.3.2.1 Hamming distance

5.3.2.2 Order conservation hypothesis

5.3.3 Similarity for 2D patterns

5.3.3.1 Similarity for pairs of 2D black-white dot patterns

5.3.4 Methods

5.3.4.1 Stimulus patterns

5.3.4.2 Participants and procedures

5.3.5 Results and discussion

5.4 Goodness of 1D ellipse pattern

5.4.1 Stimulus patterns

5.4.2 Participants and procedures

5.4.3 Results and discussion

Six

Two-stage group theoretical model based on rotational and reflectional transformations

6.1 Japanese family crests and group theory

6.2 Goodness and simplicity of nonfilled patterns in a regular hexagonal grid

6.2.1 Dependence of goodness and simplicity on the group order and the linear component

6.2.1.1 Stimulus patterns

6.2.1.2 Participants and procedures

6.2.2 Results and discussion

6.2.2.1 Goodness

6.2.2.2 Simplicity

6.3 Goodness and simplicity of solid-open filled pattern in a regular hexagonal grid

6.3.1 Methods

6.3.1.1 Stimulus patterns

6.3.1.2 Participants and procedures

6.3.2 Results and discussion

6.3.2.1 Goodness

6.3.2.2 Simplicity

6.3.2.3 Dependence of goodness and simplicity on group order

6.4 Goodness and simplicity of dot patterns in a square grid

6.4.1 Stimulus patterns

6.4.1.1 Prototype patterns

6.4.1.2 21-dot compound pattern

6.4.1.3 Participants and procedures

6.4.1.4 Results

6.4.2 Effect of group order on goodness and simplicity

6.4.2.1 Correlation between goodness and simplicity

6.4.2.2 Dependence of Cn and Dn compound patterns (n=1, 2, 4) on group order

6.4.2.3 Dn and C2n compound patterns with the same group order (n=1, 2)

6.4.3 Effect of contrast polarity on goodness and simplicity

6.4.3.1 Cn compound pattern

6.4.3.2 Dn compound pattern

6.4.4 Discussion

6.4.4.1 Contrast polarity effect

6.4.5 A two-stage group theoretical model of goodness and simplicity

6.4.6 Transformational, holographic and two-stage group theoretical models

6.5 Effects of numerosity (8, 13, and 21 dots) and contrast polarity on similarity

6.5.1 Methods

6.5.1.1 Stimulus patterns

6.5.1.2 Participants and procedures

6.5.2 Results

6.5.2.1 Effects of numerosity, contrast polarity and group order

6.5.2.2 Effects of group order

6.5.2.3 Effect of configuration

6.5.3 Discussion

6.5.3.1 Effect of numerosity (dot numbers)

6.5.3.2 Effect of contrast polarity

6.5.3.3 Comparison between 9 pairs of Dn and 27 pairs of Cn (n=1, 2, 4)

6.5.3.4 Effects of configuration

Seven

Three-stage serial processing model with anisotropic space filter and group theory

7.1 Goodness, simplicity, and unifiedness in original condition (Experiment 1)

7.1.1 Results

7.1.2 Discussion

7.1.2.1 Three-stage serial processing model of symmetry cognition in the original condition

7.1.3 Appendix (2)

7.2 Goodness, simplicity, and unifiedness in the expanded condition (Experiment 2)

7.2.1 Results and discussion

7.2.1.1 Three-stage serial processing model of symmetry cognition in the extended condition

7.3 Goodness, simplicity, and unifiedness in the cluster condition (Experiment 3)

7.3.1 Results and discussion

7.3.1.1 Three-stage serial processing model of symmetry cognition in the cluster condition

7.3.1.2 A summary of the three-stage serial processing model of symmetry cognition

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