Perception

V. Basic Information Theory

V. Basic Information Theory

Most psychologists studying perception and cognition today argue that Gibson’s radio-metaphor is flawed because a brain, unlike a radio, identifies a “signal” not directly, but in a memory-dependent way.

IV. A Patchwork of Metaphor

IV. A Patchwork of Metaphor

The language used so far may have seemed too removed from the number-crunching chores of experimental science to be anything else than a whimsical indulgence.