Contents
This full-color textbook provides students with a thorough analysis of our perceptual experience, how it relates to the physical properties of the world and how it is linked to the biological properties of the brain.
- Preface.
- 1. General Principles.
- Introduction.
- Classification of the Senses.
- Methods Used to Study Perception.
- General Principles of Sensation and Perception.
- Chapter Summary.
- Tutorials.
- 2. The Chemical Senses.
- Introduction.
- Smell.
- Taste.
- Flavor.
- Evaluation.
- Chapter Summary.
- Tutorials.
- 3. The Body Senses.
- Introduction.
- The Somatosensory System.
- The Vestibular System.
- Chapter Summary.
- Tutorials.
- 4. The Physics and Biology of Audition.
- Introduction.
- Sound as a Physical Stimulus.
- The Physiology of the Auditory System.
- Chapter Summary.
- Tutorials.
- 5. Perception of Sound.
- Introduction.
- Loudness Perception.
- Pitch Perception.
- Auditory Localization.
- Speech Perception.
- Auditory Scene Analysis.
- Hearing Dysfunction.
- Chapter Summary.
- Tutorials.
- 6. The Physics of Vision—Light and the Eye.
- Introduction.
- What is Light?
- Some Important Properties of Light.
- The Eye.
- Chapter Summary.
- Tutorials.
- 7. Visual Physiology.
- Introduction.
- The Retina.
- The Visual Pathway.
- The Visual Cortex.
- Chapter Summary.
- Tutorials.
- 8. Spatial Vision.
- Introduction.
- Fundamental Functions.
- Representation at Multiple Spatial Scales.
- Uses of Spatial Filters.
- Chapter Summary.
- Tutorials.
- 9. Shape and Object Perception.
- Introduction: The Three-Stage Model.
- Shape Representation.
- Object Representation.
- Chapter Summary.
- Tutorials.
- 10. Depth Perception.
- Introduction.
- The Multiplicity Of Depth Cues.
- Cue Combination.
- Chapter Summary.
- Tutorials.
- 11. Visual Motion Perception.
- Introduction.
- Detecting Movement.
- The Integration of Motion Detector Responses.
- Multiple Processes in Motion Perception.
- Chapter Summary.
- Tutorials.
- 12. Colour Vision.
- Introduction.
- Colour Space.
- Colour Mixture.
- Dual-Process Theory.
- Colour Interactions.
- Colour Deficiency.
- Chapter Summary.
- Tutorials.
- 13. Multi-Sensory Processing In Perception.
- Introduction.
- Multi-Sensory Processing.
- Synesthesia.
- Chapter Summary.
- Tutorials.
- 14. Individual Differences in Perception.
- Introduction.
- Age.
- Sex.
- Culture.
- Expertise.
- Idiosyncratic Individual Differences.
- Chapter Summary.
- Tutorials.
- References.
- Author Index.
- Subject Index.