Sensation & Perception

Sensation & Perception
ISBN-10
160535211X
ISBN-13
9781605352114
Category
Psychology
Pages
800
Language
English
Published
2014-10-01
Publisher
Sinauer Associates Incorporated
Authors
Jeremy M. Wolfe, Keith R. Kluender, Dennis M. Levi

Description

"Human sensory and perceptual experience is emphasized, and neuroscientific underpinnings of experience introduced. Chapters are written by experts in each of the sensory systems and integrate current findings in active areas of research. The text provides comprehensive treatment of higher perceptual functions (attention, music, language). Sensory systems including vision, audition, spatial orientation, the vestibular system, taste, and olfaction"--

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