This edition includes a CD containing a computer program that provides demonstrations and simulations to explain, clarify and make accessible phenomena normally confined to the laboratory. This comprehensive introduction to the senses explains how physical stimuli are transformed into signals in the nervous system and how the brain uses those signals to understand the world.
Whereas most texts in the field begin by covering vision, this trailblazing work offers students a solidgrounding in the principles of perceptual measurement and the biological mechanisms that make perception possible before introducing the somatosensory and then the olfactory system. This innovative presentation ensures that students have a firm grasp of the basics before they approach thecomplexities of hearing and vision, making Fundamentals of Sensory Perception an indispensable introduction to sensation and perception.
Compatible with any devices. With a style that is both detailed and accessible, this new text from Johannes Zanker provides students with a solid understanding of how our sensory and perceptual systems operate, and interact with a dynamic world. It not only explains the scientific mechanisms involved, but discusses the costs and benefits of these mechanisms within an evolutionary, functional framework, to encourage important questions such as: What is a given sensory mechanism needed for?
What kind of problem can it solve and what are its limitations? How does the environment determine how senses operate? How does action affect and facilitate perception? This unique, interdisciplinary framework allows students to see perceiving and acting as embedded in particular environments and directs them to think about the functional nature of these systems.
The overall effect is an especially readable, authoritative text on Sensation, Perception and Action that really brings this fascinating topic to life. This textbook goes beyond introductory sensory perception by incorporating supplementary electronic materials to demonstrate the parallels between both hearing and seeing. Each chapter intermixes seeing and hearing processes so that students can easily understand that perceptual organization is the same across different kinds of sensations and modalities.
Figures illustrating visual organization are paired with sound files demonstrating the analogous auditory organization. Download Rental book written by E. Originally published in , this book presents a discussion regarding the nature of auditory and visual sensation. The text focuses mainly on the nature of the perceptual process.
As Rawdon-Smith notes in the preface, 'I wish to be concerned more with the mechanism whereby our sensations arise than with what our sense organs can do. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in sensory perception and the history of science.
The study of sensation and perception looks at how we acquire, process, and interpret information about the outside world. By describing key ideas from first principles, this straightforward introduction provides easy access to the basic concepts in the subject, and incorporates the most recent advances with useful historical background.
The text takes a uniquely integrative approach, highlighting fundamental findings that apply across all the senses - including vision, hearing, touch, pain, balance, smell and taste - rather than considering each sense in isolation.
Several pedagogical features help students to engage with the material. Each chapter ends with suggestions for further reading, and the final chapter draws together the material from the previous chapters, summarizing the broad principles described, and outlining some major unresolved issues. Assuming no prior knowledge, this book is an accessible and up-to-date overview of the processes of human sensation and perception. Presented in full color, it is an ideal introduction for pre-undergraduate and first year undergraduate students on courses in psychology, as well as neuroscience and biology.
Do you wonder how movies — sequences of static frames — appear to move, or why 3-D films look different from traditional movies?
Why does ventriloquism work, and why can airliner flights make you feel disoriented? The answers to these and other questions about the human senses can be found within the pages of Foundations of Sensation and Perception. This third edition maintains the standard for clarity and accessibility combined with rigor which was set in previous editions, making it suitable for a wide range of students.
As in the previous editions, the early chapters allow students to grasp fundamental principles in relation to the relatively simple sensory systems smell, taste, touch and balance before moving on to more complex material in hearing and vision.
The text has been extensively updated, and this new edition includes: a new chapter devoted to attention and perception over new references over 30 new figures and improved, more colorful, visual presentation a new companion website with a range of resources for students and lecturers The book contains a range of pedagogical features, including tutorial sections at the end of each chapter.
This distinctive feature introduces areas of the subject which are rarely included in student texts, but are crucial for establishing a firm foundation of knowledge. Some tutorials are devoted to more advanced and technical topics optics, light measurement, Bayesian inference , but treated in an accessible manner, while others cover topics a little outside of the mainstream music perception, consciousness, visual art.
Foundations of Sensation and Perception will enable the reader to achieve a firm grasp of current knowledge concerning the processes that underlie our perception of the world and will be an invaluable resource for those studying psychology, neuroscience, and related disciplines.
Author : Bennett L. Schwartz,John H. Author : Steven Yantis,Richard A. Levi,Linda Bartoshuk,Rachel S. Author : Jeremy M. Wolfe,Keith R. Kluender,Dennis M. Author : Stanley Coren,Lawrence M. Interactive Sensation Laboratory Exercises ISLE available online provide simulations of experiments as well as neurological processes to allow readers to engage with the phenomena covered in the text and gain a deeper understanding of key concepts. The Second Edition includes a revamped version of the In Depth feature from the previous edition in new Exploration sections that invite readers to learn more about exciting developments in the field.
Additionally, new Ponder Further sections prompt students to practice their critical thinking skills with chapter topics. We gratefully acknowledge Bennett L. Krantz for writing an excellent text and for creating the assets on this site. Special thanks are also due to Kepos Media and The Boedeker Group for developing the ancillaries on this site and to Karen Stevens for developing the digital resource.
Order Review Copy. Skip to main content. You are here Sensation and Perception. ISLE Welcome to the Companion Site! Acknowledgements We gratefully acknowledge Bennett L.
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