Written in an accessible and engaging manner, it is directed towards psychology students who come into this course with little preparation or background in the biological, neurological, or methodological principles that make up the core of the course. The book is rich in examples and applications to everyday life with an emphasis on areas of interest to students, namely, music, clinical applications, neuropsychology, and interesting animal perception systems. Instructors will appreciate the coverage of cognitive neuroscience issues, which will occur without an expectation that either the instructor or the students have much of a background in neuroanatomy, neuroimaging, or cellular neuroscience. INDICE: Chapter 1: What is Perception? Introduction: Why is the Study of Sensation and Perception Important? Why Is This Psychology? The Myth of Five Senses The Basics of Perception The History of Sensation and Perception Applications of Sensation and Perception and Avoiding CollisionsChapter 2: Research Methodology The Measures and Methods of Psychophysics In Depth: Psychophysics In Assessment: Hearing Tests and Vision TestsChapter 3: Visual System: The Eye Light The Eye Anatomy of the Retina The Duplex Theory of Vision Retinal Ganglion Cells and Receptive Fields Refractive Errors and Diseases of the Eye and PerceptionChapter 4: Visual System: The Brain The Optic Nerve and Chiasm The Lateral Geniculate Nucleus (LGN) The Superior Colliculus Primary Visual Cortex The Organization of V1 V2 and Beyond Functional Pathways in Visual Cortex Where does Vision Come Together? Development of the Visual System In Depth: BlindsightChapter 5: Object Perception What is Object Perception? Top-down Processing and Bottom-up Processing Perceptual Organization Recognition by Components The Neuroanatomy and Physiology of Object Perception In Depth: Vision and AnimacyChapter 6: Color Perception Wavelengths of Light and Color Hue, Saturation, Lightness, and Brightness Additive and Subtractive Color Mixing The Retina and Color The Trichromatic Theory of Color Vision The Opponent theory of Color Perception Color Deficiency Constancy: Lightness and Color ConstancyChapter 7: Depth and Size Perception Oculomotor Cues Monocular Depth Cues Motion Cues Binocular Cues to Depth Size Perception In Depth: Stereopsis and SportsChapter 8: Movement and Action How Do We Perceive Motion? The Neuroscience of Vision and Motion Form Perception and Biological Motion Action In Depth: Motion IllusionsChapter 9: Visual Attention Selective Attention: Covert Attention Features of Attention The Anatomy and Physiology of Attention Developmental Aspects of Visual Attention In Depth: Awareness and Visual ConsciousnessChapter 10: The Auditory System Sound as Stimulus Anatomy of the Ear Central Pathway and Brain Anatomy of Hearing Hearing Loss, Hearing Aids and Cochlear Implants In Depth: Biosonar in Bats and DolphinsChapter 11: The Auditory Brain and Sound Localization Central Pathway and Brain Anatomy of Hearing Auditory Localization Auditory Scene Analysis In Depth: Biosonar in Bats and DolphinsChapter 12: Speech Perception The Human Voice as Stimulus Speech Phonemes Variability in the Acoustics of Phonemes The Development of Phoneme Perception Speech Perception and the Brain In Depth: Hearing Loss and Speech PerceptionChapter 13: Music Perception The Acoustics of Music The Neuroscience of Music Learning, Culture, and Music Perception In Depth: Musical IllusionsChapter 14: Touch and Pain The Skin and Its Receptors Proprioception: Perceiving Limb Position Thermoreception Nociception and the Perception of Pain Neural Pathways The Neurochemistry of Pain: Endogenous Opioids The Perception of Itch Haptic Perception Vestibular System Application: Braille Reading in the Blind In Depth: Electroreception in FishChapter 15: Olfaction and Taste The Olfactory System Olfactory Perception Taste In Depth: Acquired Tastes
- ISBN: 978-1-4833-0810-4
- Editorial: SAGE Publications, Inc
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 480
- Fecha Publicación: 31/03/2015
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
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