Description
Visual masking is a technique used in cognitive research to understand pre-conscious processes (priming, for example), consciousness, visual limits, and perception issues associated with psychopathology. This book is a short format review of research using visual masking: how it has been used, and what these experiments have discovered.Topics covered include concepts, varieties, and theories of masking; masking and microgenetic mechanisms and stagesof visual processing; psychopharmacological and genetic factors in masking, and more.- Provides succinct information about the widely dispersed masking studies and points out some new trends in masking research- Reviews transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) as an alternative to the traditional psychophysical masking methods- Comments on the methodological pitfalls hidden in the practice of masking, helping to improve the quality of future research where masking is used as a tool- Informs readers about recent developments in theoretical attempts to understand masking
Table of Contents
PrefaceIntroductionThe Concept of Masking, Varieties of Masking, and Main Theories of MaskingLearning and individual Differences in MaskingCriterion Contents and Subjective Contents in MaskingMasking and Attention: Pre- and Posttarget EffectsMasking and Attention: OSMMasking and NCCMasked Priming and Unconscious ProcessingHow Masking Depends on the Visual characteristics of the Target and Mask StimuliUncovering the Microgenetic Mechanisms and Stages of Visual Processing by MaskingNovel Approaches in Masking ResearchMasking by TMSModeling and Theoretical Accounts of MaskingPsychopharmacological and Genetic Factors in MaskingApplied Aspects of Masking Research: Medicine and TechnologyGeneralizations and ConclusionsAcknowledgementsReferences
