立場新聞 2018/02/22 11:39
世間有不同的科學奇材——(擁有)數學能力、科技精藝精湛的、對自然觀察入微的——但也許最令人讚嘆的是,她能以簡單、典雅的方法,令人明白深層次現象的天賦。 Anne Treisman 的視覺和錯視實驗所用的技術雖然簡單,卻簡單得可在入門心理學課堂中教授、堅實得令學生讚嘆、且深刻得可助科學家解釋感知、注意力、認知、神經解剖學及意識研究。
There are many kinds of scientific genius—mathematical prowess, technological virtuosity, a naturalist’s keen eye—but perhaps the most impressive is the gift of illuminating a deep phenomenon with a simple and elegant demonstration. Anne Treisman’s experiments on visual search and illusory conjunctions are so low-tech they can be carried out in an intro-psych lecture, so robust that they elicit audible gasps from the students, and so profound that they help explain major features of perception, attention, cognition, neuroanatomy, and consciousness.