Psychophysics and Experimental Phenomenology of Pattern Cognition
- 2nd Edition - January 1, 2026
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: Jiro Hamada
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 4 0 4 5 5 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 4 0 4 5 6 - 6
Psychophysics and Experimental Phenomenology of Pattern Cognition, Second Edition delves into the cognitive processes involved in pattern recognition and the specialized system… Read more
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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
- Offers an interdisciplinary approach to psychophysics, experimental phenomenology and cognition
- Explores the cognitive processes that drive pattern cognition and the specialized systems for processing these transformations.
- Includes in-depth sections on symmetry cognition, contour perception, and geometric illusions
Cognitive neuroscientists, psychologists, vision scientists, researchers working in the field of visual perception and cognition, postdoctoral fellows, students in these areas
Part 1. Antagonistic Processes of Excitation and Inhibition
1. Antagonistic Processes in Sensation
1.1 Mach band and border contrast
1.2 Antagonistic processes in touch two-point threshold and brightness sensation
1.3 Negative time-order effects in weight sensation
2. Mathematical Models for the Antagonistic Processes of Excitation and Inhibition
2.1 Lateral inhibition model for the Müller-Lyer illusion
2.2 Extreme value extrapolation model for brightness illusion
2.3 Light thresholds for geometric patterns
2.4 Light intensity dependent model for light threshold
2.5 Dark adaptation curves to monochromatic light
2.6 Four-level serial processing model for border contrast
Part 2. Brightness illusion
3. Aspects of Brightness Contrasts
3.1 Simultaneous contrast of brightness
3.2 Brightness contrast and assimilation in a half-wave patterns
3.3 Contour perception and the Craik-O'Brien illusion
3.4 Examination of the Craik-O'Brien illusion by the compensation method
3.5 The Craik-O'Brien-Cornsweet illusion 3.6 The Ehrenstein illusion
Part 3. Circle size in geometrical illusions
4. Comparative and individual judgments in geometric illusions
4.1 Distance dependence and anisotropy of the Ebbinghaus illusion
4.2 Morinaga's paradox in the Ebbinghaus illusion
4.3 The Delboeuf illusion by method of limits and constant method
4.4 The concentric circle illusion by individual judgment and judgment-order effect
Part 4. Symmetry Cognition
5. Transformational Group Structure Theory for Cognitive Judgments
5.1 ESS (number of patterns) and transformational group structure theory
5.2 Transformational group structure theory for the goodness and simplicity of 1D black-and-white elliptical patterns
5.3 Similarity between 1D ellipse and 2D dot pattern pairs
5.4 Goodness of 1D ellipse pattern
6. Two-stage Group Theory Model Based on Rotation and Reflection Transformations
6.1 Japanese family crests and group theory
6.2 Goodness and simplicity of non-filled patterns in a hexagonal grid
6.3 Good and simple black-and-white filling pattern in a hexagonal grid
6.4 Goodness and simplicity for dot patterns in a square grid
6.5 Effects of numerity (8, 13, and 21 dots) and contrast polarity on similarity
7. Three-stage Serial Processing Model with Anisotropic Space Filter and Group Theory
7.1 Goodness, simplicity and unifideness in original condition
7.2 Goodness, simplicity and unifideness in expanded condition
7.3 Goodness, simplicity and unifiedness in cluster condition
8. Cognitive Judgments for Repetitive Patterns
8.1 Good and simplicity of repetitive patterns
8.2 Similarity of Repetitive Pattern Pairs.
1. Antagonistic Processes in Sensation
1.1 Mach band and border contrast
1.2 Antagonistic processes in touch two-point threshold and brightness sensation
1.3 Negative time-order effects in weight sensation
2. Mathematical Models for the Antagonistic Processes of Excitation and Inhibition
2.1 Lateral inhibition model for the Müller-Lyer illusion
2.2 Extreme value extrapolation model for brightness illusion
2.3 Light thresholds for geometric patterns
2.4 Light intensity dependent model for light threshold
2.5 Dark adaptation curves to monochromatic light
2.6 Four-level serial processing model for border contrast
Part 2. Brightness illusion
3. Aspects of Brightness Contrasts
3.1 Simultaneous contrast of brightness
3.2 Brightness contrast and assimilation in a half-wave patterns
3.3 Contour perception and the Craik-O'Brien illusion
3.4 Examination of the Craik-O'Brien illusion by the compensation method
3.5 The Craik-O'Brien-Cornsweet illusion 3.6 The Ehrenstein illusion
Part 3. Circle size in geometrical illusions
4. Comparative and individual judgments in geometric illusions
4.1 Distance dependence and anisotropy of the Ebbinghaus illusion
4.2 Morinaga's paradox in the Ebbinghaus illusion
4.3 The Delboeuf illusion by method of limits and constant method
4.4 The concentric circle illusion by individual judgment and judgment-order effect
Part 4. Symmetry Cognition
5. Transformational Group Structure Theory for Cognitive Judgments
5.1 ESS (number of patterns) and transformational group structure theory
5.2 Transformational group structure theory for the goodness and simplicity of 1D black-and-white elliptical patterns
5.3 Similarity between 1D ellipse and 2D dot pattern pairs
5.4 Goodness of 1D ellipse pattern
6. Two-stage Group Theory Model Based on Rotation and Reflection Transformations
6.1 Japanese family crests and group theory
6.2 Goodness and simplicity of non-filled patterns in a hexagonal grid
6.3 Good and simple black-and-white filling pattern in a hexagonal grid
6.4 Goodness and simplicity for dot patterns in a square grid
6.5 Effects of numerity (8, 13, and 21 dots) and contrast polarity on similarity
7. Three-stage Serial Processing Model with Anisotropic Space Filter and Group Theory
7.1 Goodness, simplicity and unifideness in original condition
7.2 Goodness, simplicity and unifideness in expanded condition
7.3 Goodness, simplicity and unifiedness in cluster condition
8. Cognitive Judgments for Repetitive Patterns
8.1 Good and simplicity of repetitive patterns
8.2 Similarity of Repetitive Pattern Pairs.
- Edition: 2
- Published: January 1, 2026
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
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Jiro Hamada
Dr. Hamada received his Bachelor’s degree in Experimental and Mathematical Psychology (1971) from Tokushima University, his Master’s degree in Color Vision (1973) from Osaka Kyoiku University, and his PhD degree in Experimental and Mathematical Psychology (1980) from Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan. Based at Tokushima University since 1982, he has been Professor Emeritus since 2013. In 1991 he was a guest scientist at Department of Sensory Neurophysiology of Institut für Arbeitsphysiologie at Dortmund University, Germany. His main research areas are in symmetry cognition, contour perception, brightness illusion, geometrical illusion, and negative time-order effect on weight sensation.
Affiliations and expertise
Hokkaido University, Babayama, Hachiman-cho, Tokushima, Japan