Sensation and Perception

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-- The First Steps In Vision : From Light To Neural Signals -- Spatial Vision : From Spots To Stripes -- Perceiving And Recognizing Objects -- The Perception Of Color -- Space Perception And Binocular Vision -- Attention And Scene Perception -- Visual Motion Perception -- Hearing : Physiology And Psychoacoustics -- Hearing In The Environment -- Music And Speech Perception -- The Vestibular System And Our Sense Of Equilibrium -- Touch -- Olfaction -- Taste. Jeremy M. Wolfe, Harvard University Medical School, Keith R. Kluender, Purdue University, Dennis M. Levi, University Of California, Berkeley, Linda M. Bartoshuk, University Of Florida, Rachel S. Herz, Brown University, Roberta Klatzky, Carnegie Mellon University, Susan J. Lederman, Queen's University, Daniel M. Merfeld, Harvard University Medical School. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 513-536) And Index.