Synopses & Reviews
Written by acclaimed researcher and teacher Steven Yantis, Sensation and Perception shows students how scientists investigate and understand sensory and perceptual phenomena today. Like no other textbook for the course, it integrates classic and current research—including the latest developments in cognitive neuroscience and brain imaging—into a highly accessible portrait of the fields defining principles and experiments. Engagingly written, filled with outstanding art (including 3-D images), and supported by dozens of interactive visual demonstrations devised by the author, it is your students gateway to the forefront of research in sensation and perception.
Table of Contents
1. Foundations
2. Light and the Eyes
3. The Visual Brain
4. Recognizing Visual Objects
5. Perceiving Color
6. Perceiving Depth
7. Perceiving Motion and Perception for Action
8. Attention and Awareness
9. Sound and the Ears
10. The Auditory Brain and Perceiving Auditory Scenes
11. Perceiving Speech and Music
12. The Body Senses
13. The Chemical Senses: Perceiving Odors and Tastes