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Sensation and perception / John Harris & Jared Smith

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Los Angeles : SAGE, c 2022.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xx, 496 p.: ill. (some color) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781526467713
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 152.1 HAR
Contents:
Part I: Foundations and investigative techniques Chapter 1: The nature of perception, and some ways of investigating it Chapter 2: Research methods in perception Part II: Visual and auditory perception Chapter 3: Mechanisms of early and middle visual processing Chapter 4: Seeing in colour Chapter 5: Seeing pattern and motion Chapter 6: Hearing Part III: The chemical senses and somatosensory perception Chapter 7: Taste and Smell Chapter 8: Touch and pain Chapter 9: Vestibular and proprioceptive systems Part VI: Perceiving the world around us Chapter 10: Visual and auditory localisation Chapter 11: Eye movements and perception of natural scenes Chapter 12: Recognising faces Chapter 13: Perceiving emotions and attractiveness Chapter 14: Attention and awareness Part V: Changes in perception Chapter 15: Changes in perception through the life-span Chapter 16: Pathologies of perception
Summary: This text covers in detail the perceptual processes related to vision and hearing, taste and smell, touch and pain as well as the vestibular and proprioceptive systems. Topics covered include the fast-developing areas of perception of emotions and attractiveness and recognition of faces, plus newer topics not seen regularly in other textbooks, for example changes in perception throughout the lifespan and pathologies of perception. Key features includes: Chapters begin with summaries of key topics and questions to aid learning ; Includes key points, spotlights on research, and Thinking about Research sections, designed to encourage students to design their own studies
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Part I: Foundations and investigative techniques
Chapter 1: The nature of perception, and some ways of investigating it
Chapter 2: Research methods in perception
Part II: Visual and auditory perception
Chapter 3: Mechanisms of early and middle visual processing
Chapter 4: Seeing in colour
Chapter 5: Seeing pattern and motion
Chapter 6: Hearing
Part III: The chemical senses and somatosensory perception
Chapter 7: Taste and Smell
Chapter 8: Touch and pain
Chapter 9: Vestibular and proprioceptive systems
Part VI: Perceiving the world around us
Chapter 10: Visual and auditory localisation
Chapter 11: Eye movements and perception of natural scenes
Chapter 12: Recognising faces
Chapter 13: Perceiving emotions and attractiveness
Chapter 14: Attention and awareness
Part V: Changes in perception
Chapter 15: Changes in perception through the life-span
Chapter 16: Pathologies of perception

This text covers in detail the perceptual processes related to vision and hearing, taste and smell, touch and pain as well as the vestibular and proprioceptive systems. Topics covered include the fast-developing areas of perception of emotions and attractiveness and recognition of faces, plus newer topics not seen regularly in other textbooks, for example changes in perception throughout the lifespan and pathologies of perception. Key features includes: Chapters begin with summaries of key topics and questions to aid learning ; Includes key points, spotlights on research, and Thinking about Research sections, designed to encourage students to design their own studies

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