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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792245803321

Autore

Handel Stephen

Titolo

Perceptual coherence [[electronic resource] ] : hearing and seeing / / Stephen Handel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

9786610840953

1-280-84095-1

0-19-972162-9

1-4294-0283-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (482 p.)

Disciplina

152.1

Soggetti

Sensory receptors

Auditory perception

Visual perception

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-448) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Basic Concepts; 2. Transformation of Sensory Information Into Perceptual Information; 3. Characteristics of Auditory and Visual Scenes; 4. The Transition Between Noise (Disorder) and Structure (Order); 5. Perception of Motion; 6. Gain Control and External and Internal Noise; 7. The Perception of Quality: Visual Color; 8. The Perception of Quality: Auditory Timbre; 9. Auditory and Visual Segmentation; 10. Summing Up; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This text provides a comparison of hearing and seeing, or 'listening to' and 'looking at', which provides the means to isolate what is common to perception and what is specific to each sensory system. It also includes a detailed account of many aspects of our perceptual systems, at both a functional and a physiological level.