perceptual structure
1perceptual release theory of hallucinations — Also referred to as dream intrusion, dual input model, and seepage theory. The term perceptual release theory was introduced in or shortly before 1958 by the American psychiatrist Louis Jolyon West (1924 1999) to denote a hypothetical model… …
2perceptual mapping — The use of mathematical psychology to understand the structure of a market. Consumer images of different brands of a product are plotted on a graph or map; the closer two brands are on the map, the closer they are as competitors. Perceptual… …
3The Structure of Scientific Revolutions — (1962), by Thomas Kuhn, is an analysis of the history of science. Its publication was a landmark event in the sociology of knowledge, and popularized the terms paradigm and paradigm shift .HistoryThe work was first published as a monograph in the …
4Deep structure — In linguistics, specifically in the study of syntax in the tradition of generative grammar (also known as transformational grammar), the deep structure of a linguistic expression is a theoretical construct that seeks to unify several related… …
5metaphysics — /met euh fiz iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the branch of philosophy that treats of first principles, includes ontology and cosmology, and is intimately connected with epistemology. 2. philosophy, esp. in its more abstruse branches. 3. the… …
6Multimodal integration — Multimodal integration, also known as multisensory integration, is the study of how information from the different sensory modalities, such as sight, sound, touch, smell, self motion and taste, may be integrated by the nervous system. A coherent… …
7MOGUL framework — The MOGUL framework is a research framework aiming to provide a theoretical perspective on the nature of language. MOGUL (Modular On line Growth and Use of Language) draws on the common ground underlying various related areas of cognitive science …
8Jerry Fodor on mental architecture — Jerry Fodor is notable for his important and influential ideas on a hypothesized structure of the mind or, what has often been called mental architecture. Contents 1 Fodor and Chomsky 2 Why modularity matters 2.1 Gibson and the inferential thesis …
9human behaviour — Introduction the potential and expressed capacity for physical, mental, and social activity during the phases of human life. Human beings, like other animal species, have a typical life course that consists of successive phases of… …
10Phenomenology (The beginnings of) — The beginnings of phenomenology Husserl and his predecessors Richard Cobb Stevens Edmund Husserl was the founder of phenomenology, one of the principal movements of twentieth century philosophy. His principal contribution to philosophy was his… …
