Perception
McGraw Hill Higher Education (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 1. January 1994
Book
Hardback
544 pages
978-0-07-056085-7 (ISBN)
Description
This work is a revision of Sekuler and Blake's text on sensation and perception. The third edition focuses on developments in perceptual research, blending anatomy, physiology and psychophysics to explain structure and function. New features include a revised and expanded methods section, increased coverage of speech perception, an expanded and refined touch chapter and more emphasis on cognitive issues. Chapter summaries, boxed demonstrations and computational examples are also included. This edition also contains a broadened and reorganized chapter on knowledge and perception around a simple new taxonomy of the four main models of interaction between knowledge and perception. The chapter on touch has been expanded to include important new research. An enhanced chapter on colour vision reflects new ideas on the genetics and evolution of colour vision. More than 250 new references and more than 200 new illustrations and drawings are also featured. The following are also available: an instructor's manual (0-07-056086-2); computer test bank 5.25" (0-07-832275-8); computer test bank 3.50" (0-07-832276-6); computer test bank MAC (0-07-932277-4).
More details
Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations, references
Weight
1100 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-056085-7 (9780070560857)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Author
Brandeis University, Massachusetts, USA
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Content
Introduction to perception; the human eye; the eye and seeing; central visual pathways; spatial vision and pattern perception; colour perception; depth perception; action and the perception of events; the ear and auditory system; hearing; touch; smell and taste; knowledge and perception; behavioural methods for studying perception.