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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

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Psychology Psychological theory & schools of thought

• Full title: Visual Masking
• Subtitle: Studying Perception, Attention, and Consciousness
• Author: Gregory Francis, Talis Bachmann
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 116
• EAN: 9780128002506
• ISBN: 0128002506
• ID: 04495910
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
• Weight: 180 g
• Dimensions: 230 × 156 × 7 mm
• Date of publishing: 22. November 2013

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