Sensation and Perception

by Bennett L. Schwartz, John H. Krantz

Overview

Rich in examples and applications to everyday life, Sensation and Perception, Third Edition by Bennett L. Schwartz and John H. Krantz is a cutting edge and highly readable account of modern sensation and perception from both a cognitive and neurocognitive perspective.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781071921180
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	07/27/2023
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	584
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Bennett L. Schwartz received his Ph D in 1993 from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. Since

then he has been at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida, where he is currently professor

of psychology. He is author or editor of 10 published books as well as over 70 journal articles and

chapters. His textbook Memory: Foundations and Applications, fourth edition (SAGE), was published in

2020. He has won several teaching awards at FIU and currently teaches courses in memory, cognition,

and sensation and perception. His main research area is metacognition and memory, but he has also

conducted research in diverse areas that range from visual perception to evolutionary psychology, to

the language of thought, and to memory in nonhuman primates. Schwartz currently serves as the editor

in chief of New Ideas in Psychology.

John H. Krantz received his psychology Ph D from the University of Florida. After graduate school, he

worked in industry at Honeywell on visual factors related to cockpit displays. In 1990, he returned to

academia, taking a position at Hanover College. John has done extensive research in vision, human factors,

computers in psychology, and the use of the Web as a medium for psychological research. He has

been program chair and president of the Society for Computers in Psychology and editor of the journal

Behavior Research Methods. John was the first to develop Web experiments in psychological science and

led the way on techniques for sending multimedia via the Web. He has served as a faculty associate for

The Psychology Place, developing interactive learning activities, and created psychology’s first global

website for the Association for Psychological Science (APS). In addition, he is an author for both the

Cognitive Toolkit and Psych Sim 6. John is well known for his widely used online psychological experiments

related to sensation, perception, and cognition. His current research is focused on using the Web

for psychological research and modeling the visual system.

Table of Contents

ISLE Activities
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Chapter 1: What Is Perception?
Introduction
Introduction to Sensation and Perception
The Basics of Perception
The History of Sensation and Perception
Neuroscience in Sensation and Perception
Chapter 2: Research Methodology
Introduction
Psychophysics: The Method of Limits
The Method of Constant Stimuli and the Method of Adjustment
Magnitude Estimation
Signal Detection Theory
Neuroimaging Techniques
Chapter 3: Visual System: The Eye
Introduction
Light
The Eye and Its Role in the Visual System
The Retina
The Duplex Theory of Vision
Retinal Ganglion Cells and Receptive Fields
Refractive Errors and Diseases of the Eye
Chapter 4: Visual System: The Brain
Introduction
The Optic Nerve, Chiasm, and the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus
The Superior Colliculus and the Primary Visual Cortex
Functional Pathways in the Visual Cortex
The Ventral and Dorsal Pathways in the Brain
Development of the Visual System
Chapter 5: Object Perception
Introduction
Introduction to Object Perception
Top-Down Processing and Bottom-Up Processing
Gestalt Psychology and Perceptual Organization
The Neuroanatomy and Physiology of Object Perception
Chapter 6: Color Perception
Introduction
Wavelengths of Light and Color
Additive and Subtractive Color Mixing
The Retina and Color
The Trichromatic Theory of Color Vision
The Opponent-Process Theory of Color Perception
The Development of Color Perception
Variations in Color Vision
Constancy: Lightness and Color Constancy
Chapter 7: Depth and Size Perception
Introduction
Monocular Depth Cues
Oculomotor Cues
Binocular Cues to Depth
Stereograms
Size Perception and Constancy
Visual Illusions of Size and Depth
Chapter 8: Movement and Action
Introduction
How Do We Perceive Motion?
Form Perception and Motion Perception: Detecting Global Motion
Action
The Neuroscience of Motion Perception
Chapter 9: Visual Attention
Introduction
Selective Attention
Spatial Limits of Attention
Stimulus Features That Draw Attention
Attention Over Time
The Anatomy and Physiology of Attention
Chapter 10: The Auditory System
Introduction
Sound as Stimulus
Anatomy of the Ear: The Outer Ear and the Middle Ear
Anatomy of the Ear: The Inner Ear
Chapter 11: The Auditory Brain and Sound Localization
Introduction
Brain Anatomy and the Pathway of Hearing
Localizing Sound
Auditory Scene Analysis
Chapter 12: Speech Perception
Introduction
The Human Voice as Stimulus
Variability in the Acoustics of Phonemes
Theories of Speech Perception
Speech Perception and the Brain
Chapter 13: Music Perception
Introduction
The Acoustics of Music
The Neuroscience of Music
Learning, Culture, and Music Perception
Chapter 14: Touch and Pain
Introduction
The Skin and Its Receptors
Neural Pathways
The Neurochemistry of Pain: Endogenous Opioids and the Perception of Itch
Haptic Perception
The Vestibular System: The Perception of Balance
Chapter 15: Olfaction and Taste
Introduction
Olfaction
Olfactory Perception
Taste Perception
Glossary
References
Author Index
Subject Index

Editorial Reviews

This is an excellent textbook for an undergraduate class in Sensation and Perception. The book covers all of the important topics in the field, and the authors include a good balance of classic research and recent research. . . . Students will enjoy learning from this book!”

Robert Hines

This book gives students the advantage of having access to a lot of resources and engaging activities that will help them understand the concepts as they read each chapter in the text.”

Nicha K. Otero

This text is easy to read, includes examples that are relevant to life, and covers all the essential information for a course in Sensation and Perception.”

Jennifer L. Thomson

The clarity of writing makes this product very reader-friendly.”

T. C. Sim

The application sections are interesting and allow students to see how what they are learning is relevant to the real world.”

Alexis Grosofsky