Sensation and Perception

Sensation and Perception

Schiffman, Harvey Richard

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

11/2000

608

Dura

Inglês

9780471249306

0471249300

1030

This text raises the question: how do the senses gather and secure information about the outside word? The authors explain how the physical world interacts with and stimulates the senses, and, in turn, how the sense and the nervous system transform, integrate, and process the stimulation.
An Introduction to Sensation and Perception. Psychophysics. The Visual System. Fundamental Visual Functions and Phenomena. Color Vision. Visual Pattern and Form Perception: Basic Processes of Perceptual Organization. Higher Processes of Perceptual Organization. The Perception of Movement. The Perception of Space: Monocular and Binocular Vision. Constancy and Illusions. Perceptual Development. The Auditory System. Fundamental Auditory Functions and Phenomena. Auditory Pattern Perception: Sound as Information. The Orienting Sense. The Skin Senses. The Chemical Sense of Taste. The Chemical Sense of Smell. The Perception of Time. Glossary. References. Index.
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