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Sensation and Perception

Second Edition
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August 2022 | 584 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

Is the human eye like a camera? What makes your ears ‘pop’ on a plane? Why did women in the Middle Ages put belladonna into their eyes?

This fully updated 2nd edition of Sensation and Perception is an accessible introduction to the field of perception. It covers in detail the perceptual processes related to vision and hearing, taste and smell, touch and pain, as well as the vestibular and proprioceptive systems. From seeing in colour to pathologies of perception, and from recognising faces to research methods, this textbook is essential reading for any student of perception.

New material includes:

·       ‘Applications’ features connect key content to real-life contexts

·       Thinking Critically feature pushes students beyond the basics

·       End-of-chapter essay questions

·       An entirely new chapter on Action & Perception

John Harris is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Reading
Jared Smith
 is Senior Research Fellow at the Population Health Research Institute of St George’s, University of London


 
PART I: Foundations and Investigative Techniques
 
Chapter 1: The Nature of Perception, and Some Ways of Investigating It
 
Chapter 2: Research Methods in Perception
 
PART II: Visual and Auditory Perception
 
Chapter 3: Mechanisms of Early and Middle Visual Processing
 
Chapter 4: Seeing in Colour
 
Chapter 5: Seeing Pattern and Motion
 
Chapter 6: Hearing
 
PART III: The Chemical Senses and Somatosensory Perception
 
Chapter 7: Taste and Smell
 
Chapter 8: Touch and Pain
 
Chapter 9: Vestibular and Proprioceptive Systems
 
PART IV: Perceiving the World Around Us
 
Chapter 10: Visual and Auditory Localisation
 
Chapter 11: Perception and Action
 
Chapter 12: Eye Movements and Perception of Natural Scenes
 
Chapter 13: Recognising Faces
 
Chapter 14: Attention and Awareness
 
PART V: Changes in Perception
 
Chapter 15: Changes in Perception Through the Life-span
 
Chapter 16: Pathologies of Perception

Wow, what an insight to how we work, take in information, process it and learn! I am still to finish the read but dip in and grab a bit often such a well put together tome! Already using and recommending it to our learners.

Mr Donald Moyse
Command Training, Sussex Police
June 8, 2022

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