@article{1387336,
      recid = {1387336},
      author = {Öğmen, Haluk. and Breitmeyer, Bruno G.},
      title = {The first half second : the microgenesis and temporal  dynamics of unconscious and conscious visual processes /},
      publisher = {MIT Press,},
      address = {Cambridge, Mass. :},
      pages = {1 online resource (vii, 410 pages) :},
      year = {2006},
      abstract = {Recent advances in the study of visual cognition and  consciousness have dealt primarily with steady-state  properties of visual processing, with little attention to  its dynamic aspects. The First Half Second brings together  for the first time the latest research on the dynamics of  conscious and unconscious processing of visual information,  examining the time-course of visual processes from the  moment a stimulus is presented until it registers in a  behavioral response or in consciousness a few hundred  milliseconds later. The contributors analyze this "first  half second" of visual processing--known as its  microgenesis--from a variety of perspectives, including  neuroscience, neuropsychology, psychophysics, psychology,  and neural network modeling.The book first treats  conceptual, methodological, and historical issues and  provides an integrated review of findings from recent  studies on the neural underpinnings of consciousness. The  book then turns to neurophysiological correlates of dynamic  processing in vision, highlighting the temporal dimension  of functional distinctions; visual masking and what it can  tell us about the operation of both normal and abnormal  brains; the dynamics of attentional mechanisms from  electrophysiological, behavioral, and modeling  perspectives; and temporal characteristics of object and  feature perception. Finally, drawing on the foundations  laid in earlier chapters, the book elaborates further on  the dynamic relation of conscious and unconscious processes  in vision. The First Half Second fills the need for an  interdisciplinary dialogue on the study of the dynamic  aspects of visual processing and, with its rich empirical  and theoretical findings, charts promising directions for  future research.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1387336},
}