Kathleen A Akins
Biographic Data
| ID | 1198719 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathleen A Akins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathleen A |
| FAMILY NAME | Akins |
| SIGNATURE | AKINS K A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The prevalence of synaesthesia depends on early language learning
More than Mere Colouring
A common view in both philosophy and the vision sciences is that, in human vision, wavelength information is primarily ‘for’ colouring: for seeing surfaces and various media as having colours. In this article we examine this assumption of ‘colour-for-colouring’. To motivate the need for an alternative theory, we begin with three major puzzles from neurophysiology, puzzles that are not explained by the standard theory. We then ask about the role o…
Grapheme-color synaesthesia benefits rule-based Category learning
The Imagery Debate
More than Mere Colouring
A common view in both philosophy and the vision sciences is that, in human vision, wavelength information is primarily ‘for’ colouring: for seeing surfaces and various media as having colours. In this article we examine this assumption of ‘colour-for-colouring’. To motivate the need for an alternative theory, we begin with three major puzzles from neurophysiology, puzzles that are not explained by the standard theory. We then ask about the role o…
The Imagery Debate
Grapheme-color synaesthesia benefits rule-based Category learning
More than Mere Colouring
A common view in both philosophy and the vision sciences is that, in human vision, wavelength information is primarily ‘for’ colouring: for seeing surfaces and various media as having colours. In this article we examine this assumption of ‘colour-for-colouring’. To motivate the need for an alternative theory, we begin with three major puzzles from neurophysiology, puzzles that are not explained by the standard theory. We then ask about the role o…
The prevalence of synaesthesia depends on early language learning
Cognitive psychology (2 works) · Color perception and design (2 works) · Color vision (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Multisensory perception and integration (2 works) · Perception (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Synesthesia (2 works) · Visual perception and processing mechanisms (2 works) · Analytic philosophy (1 work)