Foundations of sensation and perception
By: George Mather.
Contributors: Mather, George.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Psychology Press; Brand: Psychology Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9781841696980; 9781841696997
Subjects: Perception
Description: "The first edition of this comprehensive introduction to sensation and perception has been highly praised for its unique approach: it allows students to thoroughly grasp the fundamental principles in relation to the relatively simple sensory systems before moving on to the more complex topics."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Rev. ed.: Foundations of perception. 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Classification of the senses; title: Methods used to study perception; title: General principles of sensation and perception; title: The chemical senses; title: Smell; title: Taste; title: Flavour; title: The body senses; title: The somatosensory system; title: The vestibular system; title: The physics and biology of audition; title: Sound as a physical stimulus; title: The physiology of the auditory system; title: Perception of sound; title: Loudness perception; title: Pitch perception; title: Auditory localisation; title: Speech perception; title: auditory scene analysis; title: Hearing dysfunction; title: The physics of vision; title: Light and the eye; title: What is light?; title: Some important properties of light; title: The eye; title: visual physiology; title: The retina; title: The visual pathway; title: The visual cortex; title: Spatial vision; title: Fundamental functions; title: Representaion at multiple spatial scales; title: Uses of spatial filters; title: Shape and object perception; title: The three stage model; title: shape representation object representation; title: Depth perception; title: The multiplicity of depth cues; title: Cue combination; title: Visual motion perception; title: Detecting movement; title: The integration of motion detector responses; title: Multiple processes in motion perception; title: Colour vision; title: Colour space; title: Colour mixture; title: Dual-process theory; title: Colour; title: Interactions; title: Colour deficiency; title: Individual differences in perception; title: Age; title: Sex; title: Culture; title: Expertise; title: Idiosyncratic individual differences.