Helmholtz and the Psychophysiology of Time
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4807572 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Claude Debru (Université Paris Cité, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 471-492 |
| Publication date | 2001-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science in Context (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0269-8897 • E-ISSN: 1474-0664 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0269889701000175 |
| PMID | 12068897 |
| OpenAlex | W2043375245 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 3 |
ArgumentAfter having measured the velocity of the nervous impulse in the 1850s, Helmholtz began doing research on the temporal dimensions of visual perception. Experiments dealing with the velocity of propagation in nerves (as well as with aspects of perception) were carried out occasionally for some fifteen years until their final publication in 1871. Although the temporal dimension of perception seems to have interested Helmholtz less than problems of geometry and space, his experiments on the time of perception were technically rather subtle and seminal, especially compared with experiments performed by his contemporaries, such as Sigmund Exner, William James, Rudolf Hermann Lotze, Ernst Mach, Wilhelm Volkmann, and Wilhelm Wundt. Helmholtz's conception of the temporal aspects of perception reflects the continuity that holds between psychophysiological research and the Kantian philosophical background
Classical mechanics · Cognitive psychology · Epistemology · Helmholtz free energy · Perception · Physics · Psychophysiology · Spacetime · Time perception · Mathematics · Medicine · Neuroscience · Philosophy · Philosophy, Science, and History · Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2015 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |