Sensation and Perception - Hardcover

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

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 160535211X ISBN 13: 9781605352114

Publisher: Sinauer Associates Inc.,U.S., 2014

Synopsis

Why does the sky look blue? Why does sugar taste sweet? Fully revised and updated, this introductory, full-colour text is written by experts in each of the five senses who convey the excitement of the field to students, providing comprehensive descriptions of the science behind vision, hearing, touch, smell and taste.

About this title

About the Author

Jeremy M. Wolfe is Professor of Ophthalmology and Radiology at Harvard Medical School, USA.

Keith R. Kluender is Professor and Head of the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Purdue University, USA.

Dennis M. Levi is Professor of Vision Science and Optometry at the University of California, Berkeley, USA.

linda m. bartoshuk is Bushnell Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Florida, USA.

Rachel S. Herz is Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour at Brown University Medical School, USA.

Roberta L. Klatzky is 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 is Professor Emerita of Psychology at Queen's University, Canada.

Daniel M. Merfeld is Professor of Otology and Laryngology at the Harvard University Medical School, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sinauer Associates Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 160535211X
• ISBN 13: 9781605352114
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 800