Accession Number:

ADA217675

Title:

The Boundaries of Hemispheric Processing in Visual Pattern Recognition

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Jan 1987-Nov 1989

Corporate Author:

HARRY G ARMSTRONG AEROSPACE MEDICAL RESEARCH LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH

Personal Author(s):

• McNeese, Michael D.

Report Date:

1989-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

26.0

Abstract:

This paper discusses some of the positions, theories, and experiments which compose the adaptive hemispheric processing area. This discussion addresses some of the basic questions of human learning and relates some of the assumptions that are critical for interpreting research findings. The paper begins by looking at some theoretical perspectives, then looks at some of the authors own research application in hemispheric processing within the area of face recognition and attentional processes. A neuro-cognitive systems model of results is proposed to interpret findings. KeywordsBrain hemispheric asymmetry Visual recognition Learning and cognition Cerebral cortex Human performance.

Descriptors:

• *VISUAL PERCEPTION
• *INFORMATION PROCESSING
• *PATTERN RECOGNITION
• COGNITION
• THEORY
• BOUNDARIES
• ASYMMETRY
• ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS
• LEARNING
• ATTENTION
• HEMISPHERES
• CEREBRAL CORTEX
• HUMANS
• FACE(ANATOMY)
• BRAIN
• PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)

Subject Categories:

• Psychology
• Anatomy and Physiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE