Recent work on perceptual learning shows that listeners' phonemic representations dynamically adjust to reflect the speech they hear (Norris, McQueen, & Cutler, 2003). We investigate how the perceptual system makes such adjustments, and what (if anything) causes the representations to return to their pre-perceptual learning settings. Listeners are…

The purpose of this study was to determine the sources of visual information used by highly skilled tennis players in anticipating their opponent's shots. In Experiment 1, motion analysis of the strokes showed that the relative motion between the racquet and forearm was different between the ground strokes and lobs, but there were no reliable…

The shortcomings of the dominant information processing models of cognition are outlined, and two alterative models derived from semiotics are presented. In addition, the possibility of incorporating J. J. Gibson's ecological theory of affordance within the semiotic models is explored as a means of addressing some criticism of the latter models.…

A rebuttal to feminist complaints about children's literature. (PF)

The author discusses the pediatrician's responsibility in serving the learning or behavior disordered child. Emphasized are five areas of service: prevention; early identification; specific medical interventions; counseling and support; and communication and cooperation with home, school, and community. (SBH)

Discontinuity in changing from one status or role to another lessens with knowledge of the new role (gained through observation or indirect sources such as a counselor) and acquisition of its behavioral characteristics prior to formalization of the change (anticipatory socialization). This theory presumes that the image or role expectation upon…

This paper is written with the underlying philosophy that any theory aimed at understanding the functional organization of the brain must begin with an analysis of perception and must also be firmly based on experimental evidence. (Author)

It is argued specifically that perceptual theory requires reference to the qualitative aspect of immediate experience as representing an essential function in perceptual awareness of the physical environment. (Author)

Two experiments compared responses of 5-month-old infants to a live person, the person's photograph, photographs of dissimilar persons, and photographs of similar persons. Results indicated that infants use gross physiognomic features to perceive similarity between live persons and their photographs. (Author/JMB)