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  • © 1995

Ambiguity in Mind and Nature

Multistable Cognitive Phenomena

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Synergetics (SSSYN, volume 64)

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Table of contents (23 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • G. Roth
      Pages 1-2
  3. Phychophysical and Phenomenological Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
    2. Recognition of Dynamic Patterns by a Synergetic Computer

      • R. Haas, A. Fuchs, H. Haken, E. Horvath, A. S. Pandya, J. A. S. Kelso
      Pages 139-155
  4. Attractors in Behavior

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
    2. Multistability and Metastability in Perceptual and Brain Dynamics

      • J. A. S. Kelso, P. Case, T. Holroyd, E. Horvath, J. Rączaszek, B. Tuller et al.
      Pages 159-184
    3. Dynamic Models of Psychological Systems

      • H. Schwegler
      Pages 203-217
  5. Semantic Ambiguity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219
  6. Models of Multistability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-253
    2. A Synergetic Model of Multistability in Perception

      • T. Ditzinger, H. Haken
      Pages 255-274

About this book

Ambiguity in Mind and Nature is the result of cognitive multistability, the phenomenon in which an unchanging stimulus, usually visual, gives rise in the subject to an oscillating perceptual interpretation. The vase/face picture is one of the most famous examples.
In this book scientists from many disciplines including physics, biology, psychology, maths and computer science, present recent progress in this fascinating area of cognitive science. Using the phenomenon of multistability as a paradigm they seek to understand how meaning originates in the brain as a consequence of cognitive processes. New advances are achieved by applying concepts such as self-organization, chaos theory and complex systems to the latest results of psychological and neurophysical experiments.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Psychologie und Kognitionsforschung und Zentrum für Kognitionswissenschaften Universität Bremen, Germany

    Peter Kruse, Michael Stadler

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