TY  - BOOK
AU  - Coren, Stanley
AU  - Ward,Lawrence M
AU  - Enns,James T
TI  - Sensation and Perception
SN  - 0470002263   
U1  - O12 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - New Jersey
PB  - John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
N1  - includes index and biblioraphy; Chapter 1    Sensation and Perception
Aspects of the Perceptual Process    8 
Theories of Perception    10 
The Plan of the Book    11 
Chapter Summary    13
Chapter 2    Psychophysics
Detection    16 
Discrimination    24 
Identification 32 
Scaling    37
Chapter Summary   48
Chapter 3    The Visual System
Light   50
The Structure of the Eye    51 
Neural Responses to Light    61 
The Visual Pathways    65 
The Primary Visual Cortex    71 
Multiple Parallel Pathways    77 
The Problem of Visual Unity    82 
Chapter Summary   83
Chapter 4    Brightness and Spatial Frequency
Photometric Units    85
Factors in Brightness Perception    88
Visual Acuity   95
Spatial Frequency Analysis    99
Spatial Context Effects    109
Temporal Context Effects    114
Darkness Versus Brightness Perception
Chapter Summary    118
Chapter 5    Color
Color Stimulus    121
The Physiology of Color Vision
Color Perception    143 
Chapter Summary    148
Chapter 6    The Auditory System
Sound    151
The Structure of the Ear    156
Electrical Activity of the Auditory Nerve
The Auditory Pathways    171
The Auditory Cortex    175
Chapter Summary    177
Chapter 7    Hearing
Detection of Sounds    178 
Subjective Dimensions of Sounds    194 
Auditory Scene Analysis    206 
Chapter Summary   208
Chapter 8   Taste, Smell, Touch, and Pain
Taste   210
Smell    218
Touch   226
Pain    240
Chapter Summary   248
Chapter 9   Space
Types of Depth Perception   251 
Pictorial Depth Cues    253 
Physiological Cues for Depth    262 
Motion and Motion Parallax    264 
Binocular Depth Perception   265 
Interaction of Depth Cues    274 
Perception of Direction    276 
Development of Space Perception    279 
Chapter Summary   282
Chapter 10   Form
The Problem of Visual Form Perception Contour Perception    287 
Feature Extraction   292
Perceptual Organization    295 
Object Recognition and Identification Theories of Object Identification    315 Chapter Summary    320
Chapter 11    The Constancies
The Task of Perception    323 
Perceptual Constancies    324 
Size Constancy    325 
Shape Constancy    336 
Lightness or Whiteness Constancy Color or Hue Constancy    342 
Other Constancies    344 
Chapter Summary    345
Chapter 12    Speech and Music
Music    347 
Speech    357 
Chapter Summary 379
Chapter 13    Tune
The Importance of Time to Perception    379 
Temporal Properties of the Visual System    385
Perceptual Organization Over Time    391 
The Perception of the Passage of Time    393 
Chapter Summary   402
Chapter 14   Motion
What Is the Purpose of Motion Perception?    404 
Physiological Basis for Motion Perception    405
Stimulus Factors in Motion Perception   411 
Eye Movements and Motion Perception   414 
Real Versus Apparent Motion    419 
Integration of Low-Level Motion Signals Into High-Level Percepts    424 
A Sense of Balance   430 
Chapter Summary   433
Chapter 15    Attention
Varieties of Attention    435 
Orienting   437 
Filtering   445 
Searching   451 
Preparing   461
Theories of Attention   464 
Chapter Summary   466
Chapter 16   Development
Chapter 17    Learning and Experience
Experience and Development    500 
Sensory-Motor Learning    507 
Perceptual Rearrangement    508 
Context and Meaning    513 
Environmental and Life History
Differences    519 
Chapter Summary    530
Chapter 18    Individual Differences
Physiological Differences    533 
Sex Differences    541 
Personality and Cognitive Style
Differences    547 
Chapter Summary    549

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