Social Perception: Detection and Interpretation of Animacy, Agency, and Intention

by M.D. Rutherford and Valerie A. Kuhlmeier

An interdisciplinary exploration of perceptual and cognitive processes underlying the ability to perceive social information, drawing on current research and new experimental techniques.

As we enter a room full of people, we instantly have a number of social perceptions. We have an automatic perception of others as subjective agents with their own points of view, thoughts, and goals, and we can quickly interpret minimal visual information...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262019272
• ISBN13: 9780262019279
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher