Name: Sensation and Perception By John Harris (University of Reading, UK)
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Sensation and Perception by John Harris (University of Reading, UK)

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 2^nd 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 Harrisis Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Reading
Jared Smithis Senior Research Fellow at thePopulation Health Research Institute of St Georges, University of London

About John Harris (University of Reading, UK)

John Harris is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Reading, where he has taught about perception for over twenty years. Previously, he worked at the National Physical Laboratory, and later at the University of Bristol, in the Departments of Anatomy and Psychology. He has published more than 70 articles and book chapters on aspects of visual perception and its abnormalities. He has been associated for many years with the international journal Perception, first as an Associate Editor and later as a member of the Editorial Board. Dr Jared Smith is a research fellow in mental health at St Georges. His major areas of interest are health science, behavioural medicine, and neuropsychology. Specifically, Dr Smith investigates cognitive, learning, and behavioural processes in people with clinical and/or neurological disorders, and the extent to which these processes impact on daily function and are affected by treatments including psychological-based interventions. More generally, he is interested in research involving clinical and neurological rehabilitation, especially in regard to providing evidence-based healthcare for these populations in the form of effective treatments and rehabilitation methods. Dr Smiths current projects involve investigating: predictors of successful outcome of pain management interventions for people with chronic pain - including the influence of neurocognitive function; the benefits of pain management approaches for people with sickle cell disease; the psychosocial burden of surgically-induced nerve injury; the detection of non-credible complaints in clinical populations; and the feasibility of a navigation approach to care coordination for people with severe mental illness.

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

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GOR013605355

ISBN 13

9781526467713

ISBN 10

1526467712

Title

Sensation and Perception by John Harris (University of Reading, UK)

Author

John Harris (University of Reading, UK)

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Used - Very Good

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Paperback

Publisher

Sage Publications Ltd

Year published

2022-04-28

Number of pages

584

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Sensation and Perception John Harris (University of Reading, UK)

Sensation and Perception by John Harris (University of Reading, UK)

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