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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Perceptual Psychology"”.
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Examining the Dispositions of Music Educators: A Perceptual Psychology Theory
… <p>The theoretical framework of perceptual psychology (Combs and Snygg, 1959) informs the data collection and analysis portions of this study. Detailed interviews were conducted with the study’s twelve participants, using questions structured around four dimensions that previous …
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Causal Inference: A New Name for an Old Concept?
Studies in perceptual psychology and neuroscience have investigated multisensory integration and have come to differing conclusions regarding the mechanisms behind the phenomenon. Though this stark difference exists, many of the rules regarding cue presentation, development and beneficial outcomes …
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PATTERNS OF PERCEPTION: TEACHERS IN ALTERNATIVE SECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS
… programs. A theoretical framework derived from perceptual psychology was used as the basis of the interview schedule and the analyses of responses. An interview schedule was developed and field-tested prior to use in the study. Teachers from three metropolitan school districts in 10 alternative …
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Linking focus and context in three-dimensional multiscale environments
… user-interface design, and theory grounded in perceptual psychology, bound together by an approach to the question in terms of focus and context as they apply to human attention. The major practical contribution of this dissertation is the development of a novel set of techniques for linking 3D …
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Perception and cognition : insights from Kant and cognitive science
… empirical approaches into a unified account of perceptual experience and cognition. I highlight important conceptual and theoretical distinctions that are critical for accurately interpreting the contributions of rationalist thinkers and the empirical findings of cognitive science. By …
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Imminence and immanence : embodied meaning in architectural experience
… understanding. Taking from environmental and perceptual psychology, and the cognitive sciences, the intent is to evolve a dialectic between science and contemporary theory that can advance our knowledge for architecture. This investigation of embodied experience revolves around two primary …
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PHILOSOPHIES OF COLOUR: GENDER AND ACCULTURATION
… In the second I have conducted a three-year perceptual psychology experiment designed to reveal the extent of stereotyped chromatic perceptions of gender in visual arts students at two institutions of Higher Education. The data and results are statistically analysed and the evidence of …
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The panoramic mode: Immersive media and the large parks movement
… that capitalize on the workings of perceptual psychology, Chapter Six draws on a body of visual theory that is informed by psychoanalysis in order to review the dissertation’s findings and distill new insights for interpreting and curating historic places today.