Sensation and Perception
Sinauer Associates Inc.,U.S. (Publisher)
4th Edition
Published in 2014
Book
Hardback
800 pages
978-1-60535-314-2 (ISBN)
Description
Why does the sky look blue? Why does sugar taste sweet? Can my dog hear the same things I hear? Sensation and Perception is written by experts in each of the five senses who have a passion and enthusiasm for conveying the excitement of this field to students. It is an introductory text that provides comprehensive descriptions of vision, hearing, touch, smell and taste. The text is student-friendly with useful anecdotes and full-colour illustrations throughout. It focuses on core areas to make the subject more manageable and accessible to students.
Reviews / Votes
Praise for the previous edition (2e): "The interrelated phenomena of sensation and perception are fascinating subjects for students of the mind and brain. Sensation and Perception will draw students into the topic easily, luring them with engaging stories, colorful images, and fun demonstrations that will make them want to explore the brain's complex mechanisms for making sense of the world. ... this is a welcome addition to the textbooks of similar vein, because it is fresh and friendly, and is stamped with the mark of its high-quality scientist authors." - Leslie P. Tolbert, The Quarterly Review of BiologyMore details
Edition
4th New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Sunderland
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
New edition
ISBN-13
978-1-60535-314-2 (9781605353142)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Jeremy M. Wolfe is Professor of Ophthalmology and Radiology at Harvard Medical School, USA. Keith R. Kluender is Professor and Head of the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Purdue University, USA. Dennis M. Levi is Professor of Vision Science and Optometry at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. linda m. bartoshuk is Bushnell Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Florida, USA. Rachel S. Herz is Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour at Brown University Medical School, USA. Roberta L. Klatzky is Professor of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University, USA, where she also holds faculty appointments in the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition and the Human-Computer Interaction Institute. Susan J. Lederman is Professor Emerita of Psychology at Queen's University, Canada. Daniel M. Merfeld is Professor of Otology and Laryngology at the Harvard University Medical School, USA.
Content
1. Introduction 2. The First Steps in Vision: From Light to Neural Signals 3. Spatial Vision: From Spots to Stripes 4. Perceiving and Recognizing Objects 5. The Perception of Color 6. Space Perception and Binocular Vision 7. Attention and Scene Perception 8. Motion Perception 9. Hearing: Physiology and Psychoacoustics 10. Hearing in the Environment 11. Music and Speech Perception 12. Spatial Orientation and the Vestibular System 13. Touch 14. Olfaction 15. Taste