Psychophysics: A Practical Introduction - Hardcover

Kingdom PhD, Frederick A.A.; Prins PhD, Nicolaas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0124071562 ISBN 13: 9780124071568

Publisher: Academic Press, 2016

Synopsis

Psychophysics: A Practical Introduction, Second Edition, is the primary scientific tool for understanding how the physical world of colors, sounds, odors, movements, and shapes translates into the sensory world of sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell; in other words, how matter translates into mind.

This timely revision provides a unique introduction to the techniques for researching and understanding how the brain translates the external physical world to the internal world of sensation. The revision expands and refines coverage of the basic tools of psychophysics research and better integrates the theory with the supporting software.

The new edition continues to be the only book to combine, in a single volume, the principles underlying the science of psychophysical measurement and the practical tools necessary to analyze data from psychophysical experiments. The book, written in a tutorial style, will appeal to new researchers as well as to seasoned veterans. This introduction to psychophysics research methods will be of interest to students, scholars and researchers within sensory neuroscience, vision research, behavioral neuroscience, and the cognitive sciences.

• Presents a large variety of analytical methods explained for the non-expert
• Provides a novel classification scheme for psychophysics experiments
• Disseminates the pros and cons of different psychophysical procedures
• Contains practical tips for designing psychophysical experiments

About this title

About the Authors

Frederick A. A. Kingdom, PhD, is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Ophthalmology at McGill University. His research focuses on visual perception, encompassing a broad range of topics in human vision and sensory processing. Before joining McGill University in 1990, he studied and held research positions at the Universities of Cambridge, London, and Reading. His work has contributed to the understanding of visual perception across a range of topics, including visual illusions. In 2007, he received first prize in the Neural Correlate Society’s Best Visual Illusion Contest for the Leaning Tower Illusion.

Nicolaas Prins, PhD, is Associate Professor at the University of Mississippi. His research focuses on visual perception and the application of statistical methods to the design, collection, and analysis of psychophysical data. Before joining the University of Mississippi, he held research positions in Australia and Canada. His work integrates vision science with quantitative methods for psychophysical research.

From the Back Cover

Psychophysics is the primary scientific tool for understanding how the physical world of colors, sounds, odors, movements and shapes translates into the sensory world of sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell - in other words, how matter translates into mind. This is a timely revision of a unique introduction to the techniques for researching and understanding how the brain translates the external physical world to the internal world of sensation. The revision expands and refines coverage of the basic tools of psychophysics research and better integrates the theory with the supporting software. The new edition continues to be the only book to combine in a single volume the principles underlying the science of psychophysical measurement and the practical tools necessary to analyze data from psychophysical experiments. This book, written in a tutorial style, will appeal to new researchers as well as to seasoned veterans.

This introduction to psychophysics research methods will be of interest to students, scholars and researchers within sensory neuroscience, vision research, behavioral neuroscience, and the cognitive sciences.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0124071562
• ISBN 13: 9780124071568
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 346