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Sensation and perception /

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Main Author: Goldstein, E. Bruce, 1941-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth Cengage Learning, [2010]
Edition:8th ed.
Subjects:
Senses and sensation.
Perception.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction to perception
  • 2. Introduction to the physiology of perception
  • 3. Introduction to vision
  • 4. The visual cortex and beyond
  • 5. Perceiving objects and scenes
  • 6. Visual attention
  • 7. Taking action
  • 8. Perceiving motion
  • 9. Perceiving color
  • 10. Perceiving depth and size
  • 11. Sound, the auditory system and pitch perception
  • 12. Sound localization and the auditory scene
  • 13. Speech perception
  • 14. The cutaneous senses
  • 15. The chemical senses
  • 16. Perceptual development
  • Appendix. Signal detection theory
  • Glossary.