Fundamentals of sensation and perception /

Fundamentals of sensation and perception /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Levine, Michael W.
Edition:	3rd ed.
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Description:	xxii, 582 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
Language:	English
Subject:	Senses and sensation. Perception. Perception. Senses and sensation.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4307632

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Varying Form of Title:	Levine & Shefner's fundamentals of sensation and perception Levine and Shefner's fundamentals of sensation and perception
ISBN:	0198524676 (hb) 0198524668 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [495]-557) and index.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Psychophysics
3. Light and the Eye
4. The Retina
5. Retinal Ganglion Cells and Lateral Antagonism
6. Light Adaptation and Dark Adaptation
7. The Primary Visual Areas of the Brain
8. Architecture of Vision in the Cortex
9. Spatial Frequency Representation
10. Form Perception
11. Depth Perception
12. Perceptual Constancies and Illusions
13. The Perception of Movement
14. Color Vision
15. The Structure of the Auditory System
16. Frequency coding in the Auditory System
17. Perception of Loudness and Space
18. Speech Perception
19. Somatosensory Sensation and Pain
20. The Chemical Senses: Taste and Smell
21. Appendices
22. References
23. Glossary and index