Experimental Slips and Human Error: Exploring the Architecture of Volition

by Bernard J. Baars

Book Overview

Whereas most humans spend their time trying to get things right, psycholo- gists are perversely dedicated to error. Errors are extensively used to in- vestigate perception, memory, and performance; some clinicians study errors like tea leaves for clues to unconscious motives; and this volume presents the work of researchers who, in an excess of perversity, actually cause people to make predictable errors in speech and action. Some reasons for this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1489911669
• ISBN13: 9781489911667
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"