Fundamentals of Sensory Perception
ISBN13: 9780195433753ISBN10: 0195433750
Hardcover, 600 pages
Oct 2010,
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600 pages;
368 figures; 130 photographs; 24 tables;
ISBN13: 978-0-19-543375-3ISBN10: 0-19-543375-0
Explores how senses function and how physical stimuli get transformed into signals in the nervous system, as well as how the brain uses those signals to understand the world.
Table of Contents
'Features at a Glance'
Full contents
Publisher's preface
Author's preface and acknowledgements
1.
Principles of Perceptual Measurement
A. Scientific Basis of Perceptual Measurement
B. Classical Psychophysics
C. Modern Psychophysics
2.
Biological Foundations of Sensory Perception
A. Organization of the Nervous System
B. Brain Function at the Cellular Level
C. Techniques for Studying Brain Function
3.
The Somatosensory System - Touch, Feeling, and Pain
A. Neural Basis of Somatosensory Perception
B. Perceptual Aspects of Tactile Sensation
C. Proprioception and Kinesthesis
D. Nociception and Pain
4.
The Chemosensory Systems - Taste and Smell
A. General Characteristics of Chemosensory Perception
B. The Gustatory System - Biological Mechanisms
C. The Gustatory System - Perceptual Characteristics
D. The Olfactory System - Biological Mechanisms
E. The Olfactory System - Perceptual Characteristics
5.
The Auditory System - Sound and the Ear
A. The Physics of Sound
B. Auditory Processing of Sound - Physical Characteristics
C. Auditory Processing of Sound - Biological Mechanisms
D. Auditory Dysfunction
6.
The Auditory System - Perceptual Aspects of Hearing
A. Intensity and Loudness
B. Frequency and Pitch
C. Auditory Space Perception
7.
The Auditory System - Music and Speech Perception
A. Music Perception
B. Speech Perception
8.
The Visual System - Light, Optics, and the Eye
A. The Nature of Light
B. The Eye
C. Optical Disorders of the Eye
9.
The Visual System - Retinal Processing and Early Vision
A. The Photoreceptor Array
B. Neural Processing in the Retina
C. Perceptual Aspects of Retinal Function
10.
The Visual System - Cortical Processing and Object Perception
A. The Retinal Projection to the Brain
B. The Primary Visual Cortex
C. Higher Cortical Functions and Object Perception
11.
The Visual System - Colour Perception
A. Colour Science
B. Biological Aspects of Colour Vision
C. Perceptual Aspects of Colour
12.
The Visual System - Depth Perception and Stereopsis
A. Extrapersonal Space
B. Monocular Depth Perception
C. Binocular Depth Perception
13.
The Visual System - Motion Perception, Eye Movements, and Action
A. Fundamental Aspects of Motion Processing
B. Perceptual Aspects of Motion
C. Eye Movements
D. Action and Perception
Glossary
References
Name index
Subject index
