This fully updated 2nd edition of Sensation and Perception 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.
This book is essential reading for undergraduates and postgraduates studying courses on sensation and perception.
This edition of Sensation and Perception offers an enhanced e-book that includes learning objectives, self-assessment, interactive figures, and a robust, hands-on media package that is designed to engage students through demonstrations, ...
Why does sugar taste sweet? Can my dog hear the same things I hear? 'Sensation & Perception' is written by experts in each of the five senses who have a passion and enthusiasm for conveying the excitement of this field to students
This highly acclaimed text provides a theoretically balanced introduction to the study of basic physiology and sensory responses. Subject areas such as Attention, Speech and Music, and Individual Differences, which...
Sensation and Perception
This book combines sensation and perception with all biological-sensory aspects of perception with all biological-sensory aspects of perception covered from an evolutionary point of view. It raises the key question:...
Sensation and Perception, Fourth Edition sets the standard in bringing technical scientific information to a wide range of students with outstanding readability and thorough coverage. Retaining its traditionally clear and...
Written by acclaimed researcher and teacher Steven Yantis, Sensation and Perception shows students how scientists investigate and understand sensory and perceptual phenomena today.
This cutting edge text presents both a cognitive and neurocognitive perspective of modern sensation and perception, connecting concepts to real-world applications to provide the reader with a deeper theoretical understanding.
Using clear and detailed explanations and highly effective illustrations the text illuminates the connections between mind, brain, and behaviour in the realm of sensation and perception.
... nature of its determination. 7.6 Diagram the concept of size constancy and how it functions in our visual system ... spiders, a class of animals that have eight eyes in addition to their famous eight legs. Do eight eyes give spiders a ...
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Provides coverage of all sensory processes from neurophysiology to cognitive perception. New features of this third edition include coverage of vision and hearing reorganized around systems, functions and pattern perception.
Sensation and Perception
Long regarded as the gold standard in sensation and perception texts, E. Bruce Goldstein's SENSATION AND PERCEPTION has helped more than 100,000 students make the connection between perception and physiology....
This book sets the standard in bringing technical scientific information on the subject of sensation and perception to a wide audience with outstanding readability and thorough coverage. Retaining its traditionally...
This highly acclaimed book provides a theoretically balanced introduction to the study of basic physiology and sensory responses. The authors survey a broad range of topics and present different theories...
First published in 1961, Sensation and Perception aims to cast light upon the nature of perception itself. This, the author believes, can be achieved only through an understanding of the concepts of sensation and perception.
This book combines sensation and perception with all biological-sensory aspects of perception with all biological-sensory aspects of perception covered from an evolutionary point of view. It raises the key question:...