Sensation and Perception - Hardcover

Wolfe, Jeremy M.; Kluender, Keith; Levi, Dennis; Bartoshuk, Linda; Herz, Rachel; Klatzy, Roberta; Lederman, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 087893572X ISBN 13: 9780878935727

Publisher: Sinauer Associates Inc.,U.S., 2011

Synopsis

Why does the sky look blue? Why does sugar taste sweet? Can my dog hear the same things I hear? Sensation and Perception is written by experts in each of the five senses who have a passion and enthusiasm for conveying the excitement of this field to students. It is an introductory text that provides comprehensive descriptions of vision, hearing, touch, smell and taste. The text is student-friendly with useful anecdotes and full-colour illustrations throughout. It focuses on core areas to make the subject more manageable and accessible to students. UPDATED RESEARCH THROUGHOUT * Revised throughout to include the most recent research and theories * New emphasis on clinical examples to motivate methodologies FULLY REORGANISED * The chapters have been reorganised and the content within chapters have been restructured to provide a better framework for study EXPANDED WEBSITE * New demonstrations and exercises have been added to the Companion Website An Instructor's Resource Library CD-ROM is also available (978-0-87893-661-8)

About this title

About the Author

JEREMY M. WOLFE Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, USA. KEITH R. KLUENDER Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. DENNIS M. LEVI has taught at the University of California, Berkeley, USA since 2001. LINDA M. BARTOSHUK Professor of Otolaryngology and Psychology at Yale University, USA. RACHEL S. HERZ Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour at Brown University Medical School, USA. ROBERTA L. KLATZY Professor of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University, USA, where she also holds faculty appointments in the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition and the Human--Computer Interaction Institute. SUSAN J. LEDERMAN Professor of Psychology at Queen's University, USA, with cross-appointments in the School of Computing and in the Centre for Neuroscience.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sinauer Associates Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 087893572X
• ISBN 13: 9780878935727
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 415