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Record Nr.

UNINA9910992793003321

Autore

Grondin Simon

Titolo

Psychology of Perception / / by Simon Grondin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025

ISBN

9783031865206

3031865200

Edizione

[2nd ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 pages)

Disciplina

152.1

Soggetti

Psychology

Cognitive psychology

Perception

Behavioral Sciences and Psychology

Cognitive Psychology

Percepció

Psicologia cognitiva

Psicologia experimental

Sentits

Cognició

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. PSYCHOPHYSICS -- Chapter 2. PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL BASES OF HEARING -- Chapter 3. HEARING -- Chapter 4. BIOLOGICAL BASES OF VISUAL PERCEPTION -- Chapter 5. COLOR PERCEPTION -- Chapter 6. FORM PERCEPTION -- Chapter 7. DEPTH PERCEPTION -- Chapter 8. SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM -- Chapter 9. THE PERCEPTION OF TIME -- Chapter 10. PERCEPTION AND ATTENTION.

Sommario/riassunto

This book defines the terminology used in the fields of sensation and perception and describes the biological and physical bases required for understanding sensory experiences. It offers more specifically an introduction to the study of psychophysics, auditory perception, visual perception, somesthesia, time perception, and attention, and discusses the basic concepts and mechanisms used to interpret different



perceptual phenomena. Featured topics in this book: Laws of psychophysics, including the discrimination law of Weber and Stevens’ power law. Psychophysical methods and signal detection theory. Hearing music and speech. Color, form and depth perception. Time perception. Somatosensory systems. The role of attention in perception. Sensory disorders. .