Sensation and Perception. ([2016])
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Sensation and Perception. ([2016])
- Main Title:
- Sensation and Perception
- Further Information:
- Note: Bennett L. Schwartz, John H. Krantz.
- Authors:
- Schwartz, Bennett L
Krantz, John H - Contents:
- Chapter 1: What is Perception?; Introduction: Why is the Study of Sensation and Perception Important?; Why Is This Psychology?; The Myth of Five Senses; The Basics of Perception; The History of Sensation and Perception; Applications of Sensation and Perception and Avoiding Collisions; Chapter 2: Research Methodology; The Measures and Methods of Psychophysics; In Depth: Psychophysics In Assessment: Hearing Tests and Vision Tests; Chapter 3: Visual System: The Eye; Light; The Eye; Anatomy of the Retina; The Duplex Theory of Vision; Retinal Ganglion Cells and Receptive Fields; Refractive Errors and Diseases of the Eye and Perception; Chapter 4: Visual System: The Brain; The Optic Nerve and Chiasm; The Lateral Geniculate Nucleus (LGN); The Superior Colliculus; Primary Visual Cortex; The Organization of V1; V2 and Beyond; Functional Pathways in Visual Cortex; Where does Vision Come Together?; Development of the Visual System; In Depth: Blindsight; Chapter 5: Object Perception; What is Object Perception?; Top-down Processing and Bottom-up Processing; Perceptual Organization; Recognition by Components; The Neuroanatomy and Physiology of Object Perception; In Depth: Vision and Animacy; Chapter 6: Color Perception; Wavelengths of Light and Color; Hue, Saturation, Lightness, and Brightness; Additive and Subtractive Color Mixing; The Retina and Color; The Trichromatic Theory of Color Vision; The Opponent theory of Color Perception; Color Deficiency; Constancy: Lightness and ColorChapter 1: What is Perception?; Introduction: Why is the Study of Sensation and Perception Important?; Why Is This Psychology?; The Myth of Five Senses; The Basics of Perception; The History of Sensation and Perception; Applications of Sensation and Perception and Avoiding Collisions; Chapter 2: Research Methodology; The Measures and Methods of Psychophysics; In Depth: Psychophysics In Assessment: Hearing Tests and Vision Tests; Chapter 3: Visual System: The Eye; Light; The Eye; Anatomy of the Retina; The Duplex Theory of Vision; Retinal Ganglion Cells and Receptive Fields; Refractive Errors and Diseases of the Eye and Perception; Chapter 4: Visual System: The Brain; The Optic Nerve and Chiasm; The Lateral Geniculate Nucleus (LGN); The Superior Colliculus; Primary Visual Cortex; The Organization of V1; V2 and Beyond; Functional Pathways in Visual Cortex; Where does Vision Come Together?; Development of the Visual System; In Depth: Blindsight; Chapter 5: Object Perception; What is Object Perception?; Top-down Processing and Bottom-up Processing; Perceptual Organization; Recognition by Components; The Neuroanatomy and Physiology of Object Perception; In Depth: Vision and Animacy; Chapter 6: Color Perception; Wavelengths of Light and Color; Hue, Saturation, Lightness, and Brightness; Additive and Subtractive Color Mixing; The Retina and Color; The Trichromatic Theory of Color Vision; The Opponent theory of Color Perception; Color Deficiency; Constancy: Lightness and Color Constancy; Chapter 7: Depth and Size Perception; Oculomotor Cues; Monocular Depth Cues; Motion Cues; Binocular Cues to Depth; Size Perception; In Depth: Stereopsis and Sports; Chapter 8: Movement and Action; How Do We Perceive Motion?; The Neuroscience of Vision and Motion; Form Perception and Biological Motion; Action; In Depth: Motion Illusions; Chapter 9: Visual Attention; Selective Attention: Covert Attention; Features of Attention; The Anatomy and Physiology of Attention; Developmental Aspects of Visual Attention; In Depth: Awareness and Visual Consciousness; Chapter 10: The Auditory System; Sound as Stimulus; Anatomy of the Ear; Central Pathway and Brain Anatomy of Hearing; Hearing Loss, Hearing Aids and Cochlear Implants; In Depth: Biosonar in Bats and Dolphins; Chapter 11: The Auditory Brain and Sound Localization; Central Pathway and Brain Anatomy of Hearing; Auditory Localization; Auditory Scene Analysis; In Depth: Biosonar in Bats and Dolphins; Chapter 12: Speech Perception; The Human Voice as Stimulus; Speech; Phonemes; Variability in the Acoustics of Phonemes; The Development of Phoneme Perception; Speech Perception and the Brain; In Depth: Hearing Loss and Speech Perception; Chapter 13: Music Perception; The Acoustics of Music; The Neuroscience of Music; Learning, Culture, and Music Perception; In Depth: Musical Illusions; Chapter 14: Touch and Pain; The Skin and Its Receptors; Proprioception: Perceiving Limb Position; Thermoreception; Nociception and the Perception of Pain; Neural Pathways; The Neurochemistry of Pain: Endogenous Opioids; The Perception of Itch; Haptic Perception; Vestibular System; Application: Braille Reading in the Blind; In Depth: Electroreception in Fish; Chapter 15: Olfaction and Taste; The Olfactory System; Olfactory Perception; Taste; In Depth: Acquired Tastes; … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Los Angeles : SAGE
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations
- Subjects:
- 152
Senses and sensation
Perception - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781483379869
1483379868 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781483308104
- Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
- Access Usage:
- Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.12918
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- 01_019.xml