Invariances in Human Information Processing

Thomas Lachmann is Professor of Cognitive and Developmental Psychology at the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. Tina Weis is Senior Researcher at the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Part I Micro-stages in information processing: Identification of processing universals






Deciphering the time code of the brain: From psychophysical invariants to universals of neural organization
Hans-Georg Geissler




Dynamical constants and time universals: Relating and resolving two theories of cognitive microstructure
Mark A. Elliott and Naomi du Bois




Measuring the processing epoch for decision processes: A paper in honour of Hans-Georg Geissler
Stephen Link




The concepts of perceived magnitude and dynamic range: What they reveal about the nature of sensory systems

Robert Teghtsoonian

Part II Meso-stages in information processing: Complex processing architectures






Some constraints on reaction-time distributions for sequential processes = Saul Sternberg



A theoretical study of process dependence for standard two-process serial models and standard two-process parallel models
Ru Zhang, Yanjun Liu, and James T. Townsend




A brief overview of computational models of spatial, temporal, and feature visual attention
George Sperling




Perceptual organization and visual target selection
Cees van Leeuwen, Tina Weis, and Thomas Lachmann




Functional and structural MRI studies of multisensory integration underlying self-motion perception
Mark W. Greenlee and Sebastian M. Frank

Part III Macro-stages of information processing: Transitions in development and learning




Auditory attention in children and adults: A psychophysiological approach
Nicole Wetzel and Erich Schroger¨




Reading Haiku: What eye movements reveal about the construction of literary meaning – A pilot study
Thomas Geyer, Franziska Gunther, Jim Kacian, Hermann J. M¨ uller and¨ Stella Pierides




Retrieval processes in person memory: Discrete levels of search time
Peter Petzold and Brigitte Edeler

Part IV Epilog




Leipzig-Berlin and back: Science put in a life-story

Hans-Georg Geissler