Sensation & Perception, sixth edition, introduces students to their own senses, emphasizing human sensory and perceptual experience and the basic neuroscientific underpinnings of that experience. The authors, specialists in their respective domains, strive to spread their enthusiasm for fundamental questions about the human senses and the impact that answers to those questions can have on medical and societal issues.

This edition of Sensation and Perception offers an enhanced e-book that includes learning objectives, self-assessment, interactive figures, and a robust, hands-on media package that is designed to engage students through demonstrations, simulations, and activities.

NEW TO THIS EDITION

• An emphasis on multisensory perception
• A new section on mathematical and computational modeling in perception
• Inclusion of recent findings on the "visual word form area" in the brain
• Enhanced coverage of the functions of the outer hair cells of the inner ear, along with a revised and updated section on the treatment of hearing loss
• New material about how sound affects vision
• A discussion of various ways in which olfaction is involved in daily life

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1. Introduction
2. The First Steps in Vision: From Light to Neural Signals
3. Spatial Vision: From Spots to Stripes
4. Perceiving and Recognizing Objects
5. The Perception of Color
6. Space Perception and Binocular Vision
7. Attention and Scene Perception
8. Visual Motion Perception
9. Hearing: Physiology and Psychoacoustics
10. Hearing in the Environment
11. Music and Speech Perception
12. Vestibular Sensation
13. Touch
14. Olfaction
15. Taste

Jeremy M. Wolfe - Professor of Ophthalmology and Radiology at Harvard Medical School.

Keith R. Kluender - Professor and Head of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences and Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University.

Dennis M. Levi - Professor in the School of Optometry and Professor at the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at the University of California, Berkeley.

Linda M. Bartoshuk - Bushnell Professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Florida.

Rachel S. Herz - Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University and Part-time Faculty in the Psychology and Neuroscience Department at Boston College.

Roberta L. Klatzky - Charles J. Queenan Jr. Professor of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University, where she also holds faculty appointments in the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition and the Human-Computer Interaction Institute.

Daniel M. Merfeld - Professor of Otolaryngology at the Ohio State University College of Medicine and the Senior Vestibular Scientist at the Naval Medical Research Unit in Dayton

The following resources are available for students using Sensation and Perception, sixth edition, for their course:

• Enhanced e-book
• Chapter Overviews give students an engaging entry point into the important concepts presented in each chapter.
• Activities lead students through important processes, phenomena, and structures. These interactive exercises give students the opportunity to explore a variety of topics in an interactive, exploratory format, including perception experiments, illusions that illustrate key concepts, models of cognitive processes, and interactive diagrams of important structures.
• Essays expand on selected topics from the textbook and provide additional coverage and examples.
• Flashcards help students master the hundreds of new terms introduced in the textbook.

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The following resources are available for lecturers who prescribe Sensation and Perception, sixth edition, for their course:

• PowerPoint Presentations: Two different PowerPoint presentations are provided for each chapter of the textbook:
• Figures & Tables: All the figures and tables from the chapter, with titles on each slide, and complete captions in the Notes field. Complex figures are provided in both whole and split versions.
• Lecture: A complete lecture presentation that consists of a detailed lecture outline with selected figures and tables.
• Instructor’s Manual: A variety of resources to aid in course development, lecture planning, and assessment. The Instructor’s Manual includes the following resources for each textbook chapter:Chapter Introduction, Chapter Outline, Learning Objectives, Chapter Summary, References for Lecture Development, and Video and Image Resources from the Internet.
• Test Bank: A complete set of multiple-choice, short answer, and essay questions for each chapter of the textbook. Questions cover the full range of material covered in each chapter, including both factual and conceptual questions. Questions are categorized by textbook section and Bloom’s level, and aligned to the new section-level Learning Objectives. Available in multiple formats, including MS Word, TestGen, Common Cartridge (for import into learning management systems).

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"This is one of the most complete texts of sensation and perception on the market. It includes great examples and recent research to help students understand one of the most important pieces of experimental psychology." - Adam Hutcheson, Georgia Gwinnet College

"This is the best perception book on the market. It has been honed through multiple editions and is up-to-date and clear without pandering." - Colin Ellard, University of Waterloo

"Sensation & Perception does a great job linking neurophysiology to behavior and perceptions. It also offers a good balance between neuroscience and cognitive psychology." - Dave Pittman, Wofford College

"Sensation & Perception is clearly-written, with well-placed examples and graphics to effectively demonstrate the components and the significance of perception. Students will like the succinctness and simplicity of the author's writing style." - T.C. Sim, Sam Houston State University