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Psychology of Perception

Autor Simon Grondin
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 6 iun 2016
This book defines the terminology used in the fields of sensation and perception and describes the biological and physical bases required for understanding sensory experiences. It offers more specifically an introduction to the study of psychophysics, auditory perception, visual perception, and attention, and discusses the basic concepts and mechanisms used to interpret different perceptual phenomena. 
Featured topics in this book: 
  • Laws of psychophysics, including the discrimination law of Weber and Stevens’ power law. 
  • Psychophysical methods and signal detection theory.
  • Hearing music and speech.
  • Color, form and depth perception
  • The role of attention in perception. 
  • Sensory disorders. 
Psychology of Perception is an essential resource for undergraduate and graduate students interested in studying sensation and perception. 

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783319317892
ISBN-10: 331931789X
Pagini: 134
Ilustrații: XI, 156 p. 74 illus., 17 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2016
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

Chapter 1. Psychophysics.- Chapter 2. Physical and Biological Bases of Hearing.- 3. Hearing.- Chapter 4. Biological Bases of Visual Perception.- Chapter 5. Colour Vision.- Chapter 6. Form Perception.- Chapter 7. Depth Perception.- Chapter 8. Attention.- Appendix A: ROC CURVES.- Appendix B: FECHNER’S LAW.- Appendix C: THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.

Notă biografică

Dr. Grondin is a Professor at the School of Psychology of Laval University, Québec. His research interests are mainly on timing and time perception, rhythm, psychological time, psychophysics, cognitive neurosciences, and the relative age effect in sports. He is a former editor of the Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology (2006-2009) and a former associate editor of Attention, Perception and Psychophysics (2006-2015).

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This book defines the terminology used in the fields of sensation and perception and describes the biological and physical bases required for understanding sensory experiences. It offers more specifically an introduction to the study of psychophysics, auditory perception, visual perception, and attention, and discusses the basic concepts and mechanisms used to interpret different perceptual phenomena.
Featured topics in this book:
  • Laws of psychophysics, including the discrimination law of Weber and Stevens’ power law.
  • Psychophysical methods and signal detection theory.
  • Hearing music and speech.
  • Color, form and depth perception
  • The role of attention in perception.
  • Sensory disorders.
Psychology of Perception is an essential resource for undergraduate and graduate students interested in studying sensation and perception.

Caracteristici

A condensed source of information about perception Classical illusions and effects are reported Explanations based on physiological facts Description of some sensory disorders Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras