INDICE: 'Features at a Glance'; Full contents; Publisher's preface; Author's preface and acknowledgements; 1: Principles of Perceptual Measurement; A. Scientific Basis of Perceptual Measurement; B. Classical Psychophysics; C. Modern Psychophysics; 2: Biological Foundations of Sensory Perception; A. Organization of the Nervous System; B. Brain Function at the Cellular Level; C. Techniques for Studying Brain Function; 3: The Somatosensory System - Touch, Feeling, and Pain; A. Neural Basis of Somatosensory Perception; B. Perceptual Aspects ofTactile Sensation; C. Proprioception and Kinesthesis; D. Nociception and Pain; 4: The Chemosensory Systems - Taste and Smell; A. General Characteristics ofChemosensory Perception; B. The Gustatory System - Biological Mechanisms; C. The Gustatory System - Perceptual Characteristics; D. The Olfactory System - Biological Mechanisms; E. The Olfactory System - Perceptual Characteristics; 5:The Auditory System - Sound and the Ear; A. The Physics of Sound; B. AuditoryProcessing of Sound - Physical Characteristics; C. Auditory Processing of Sound - Biological Mechanisms; D. Auditory Dysfunction; 6: The Auditory System - Perceptual Aspects of Hearing; A. Intensity and Loudness; B. Frequency and Pitch; C. Auditory Space Perception; 7: The Auditory System - Music and Speech Perception; A. Music Perception; B. Speech Perception; 8: The Visual System - Light, Optics, and the Eye; A. The Nature of Light; B. The Eye; C. Optical Disorders of the Eye; 9: The Visual System - Retinal Processing and Early Vision; A. The Photoreceptor Array; B. Neural Processing in the Retina; C. Perceptual Aspects of Retinal Function; 10: The Visual System - Cortical Processing and Object Perception; A. The Retinal Projection to the Brain; B. The Primary VisualCortex; C. Higher Cortical Functions and Object Perception; 11: The Visual System - Colour Perception; A. Colour Science; B. Biological Aspects of Colour Vision; C. Perceptual Aspects of Colour; 12: The Visual System - Depth Perception and Stereopsis; A. Extrapersonal Space; B. Monocular Depth Perception; C. Binocular Depth Perception; 13: The Visual System - Motion Perception, Eye Movements, and Action; A. Fundamental Aspects of Motion Processing; B. Perceptual Aspects of Motion; C. Eye Movements; D. Action and Perception; Glossary; References; Name index; Subject index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-543375-3
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Desconocida
- Páginas: 600
- Fecha Publicación: 26/08/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés