Sensation & perception. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Sensation and perception
• Further Information: Note: Bennett L. Schwartz, Florida International University, John H. Krantz, Hanover College.
• Authors: Schwartz, Bennett L; Krantz, John H
• Contents: ISLE Activities; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; 1 WHAT IS PERCEPTION?; Introduction; Why Is This Psychology?; The Myth of Five Senses; The Basics of Perception; The History of Sensation and Perception; Chapter Summary; Review Questions; Ponder Further; Key Terms; 2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; Introduction; The Measures and Methods of Psychophysics; Chapter Summary; Review Questions; Ponder Further; Key Terms; 3 VISUAL SYSTEM: THE EYE; Introduction; Light; The Eye and Its Role in the Visual System; The Retina; The Duplex Theory of Vision; Retinal Ganglion Cells and Receptive Fields; Refractive Errors and Diseases of the Eye; Chapter Summary; Review Questions; Ponder Further; Key Terms; 4 VISUAL SYSTEM: THE BRAIN; Introduction; The Optic Nerve and Chiasm; The Lateral Geniculate Nucleus; The Superior Colliculus; The Primary Visual Cortex; V2 and Beyond; Functional Pathways in the Visual Cortex; Where Does Vision Come Together?; Development of the Visual System; Chapter Summary; Review Questions; Ponder Further; Key Terms; 5 OBJECT PERCEPTION; Introduction; Introduction to Object Perception; Top-Down Processing and Bottom-Up Processing; Gestalt Psychology and Perceptual Organization; Recognition by Components; The Neuroanatomy and Physiology of Object Perception; Chapter Summary; Review Questions; Ponder Further; Key Terms; 6 COLOR PERCEPTION; Introduction; 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-Process Theory of Color Perception; The Development of Color Perception; Color Deficiency; Constancy: Lightness and Color Constancy; Chapter Summary; Review Questions; Ponder Further; Key Terms; 7 DEPTH AND SIZE PERCEPTION; Introduction; Monocular Depth Cues; Oculomotor Cues; Binocular Cues to Depth; Stereograms; Size Perception; Size Constancy; Visual Illusions of Size and Depth; Chapter Summary; Review Questions; Ponder Further; Key Terms; 8 MOVEMENT AND ACTION; Introduction; How Do We Perceive Motion?; The Neuroscience of Vision and Motion; Form Perception and Biological Motion; Action; Chapter Summary; Review Questions; Ponder Further; Key Terms; 9 VISUAL ATTENTION; Introduction; Selective Attention; Spatial Limits of Attention; Stimulus Features That Draw Attention; Attention Over Time; The Anatomy and Physiology of Attention; Developmental Aspects of Visual Attention; Chapter Summary; Review Questions; Ponder Further; Key Terms; 10 THE AUDITORY SYSTEM; Introduction; Sound as Stimulus; Anatomy of the Ear; Chapter Summary; Review Questions; Ponder Further; Key Terms; 11 THE AUDITORY BRAIN AND SOUND LOCALIZATION; Introduction; Brain Anatomy and the Pathway of Hearing; Localizing Sound; Auditory Scene Analysis; Chapter Summary; Review Questions; Ponder Further; Key Terms; 12 SPEECH PERCEPTION; Introduction; The Human Voice as Stimulus; Variability in the Acoustics of Phonemes; Theories of Speech Perception; Speech Perception and the Brain; Chapter Summary; Review Questions; Ponder Further; Key Terms; 13 MUSIC PERCEPTION; Introduction; The Acoustics of Music; The Neuroscience of Music; Learning, Culture, and Music Perception; Chapter Summary; Review Questions; Ponder Further; Key Terms; 14 TOUCH AND PAIN; Introduction; The Skin and Its Receptors; Neural Pathways; The Neurochemistry of Pain: Endogenous Opioids; The Perception of Itch; Haptic Perception; The Vestibular System: The Perception of Balance; Chapter Summary; Review Questions; Ponder Further; Key Terms; 15 OLFACTION AND TASTE; Introduction; Olfaction; The Anatomy and Physiology of the Olfactory System; Olfactory Perception; Taste Perception; Chapter Summary; Review Questions; Ponder Further; Key Terms; Glossary; References; Author Index; Subject Index;
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 612.8; Senses and sensation; Perception
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506383897; 1506383890
• Related ISBNs: 9781506383910
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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