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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Foundations of perception</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Mather, George</namePart>
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    <publisher>Taylor &amp; Francis Ltd</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c2006</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>394 p.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Chapter 1: General Principles. Introduction. Classification of the Senses. Methods Used to Study Perception. General Principles of Sensation and Perception. Chapter Summary. Tutorials. Chapter 2: The Chemical Senses. Introduction. Smell. Taste. Flavour. Chapter Summary. Tutorials. Chapter 3: The Body Senses. Introduction. The Somatosensory System. The Vestibular System. Chapter Summary. Tutorials. Chapter 4: The Physics and Biology of Audition. Introduction. Sound as a Physical Stimulus. The Physiology of the Auditory System. Chapter Summary. Tutorials. Chapter 5: Perception of Sound. Introduction. Loudness Perception. Pitch Perception. Auditory Localisation. Speech Perception. Auditory Scene Analysis. Hearing Dysfunction. Chapter Summary. Tutorials. Chapter 6: The Physics of Vision - Light and the Eye. Introduction. What is Light? Some Important Properties of Light. The Eye. Chapter Summary. Tutorials. Chapter 7: Visual Physiology. Introduction. The Retina. The Visual Pathway. The Visual Cortex. Chapter Summary. Tutorials. Chapter 8: Spatial Vision. Introduction. Fundamental Functions. Representaion at Multiple Spatial Scales. Uses of Spatial Filters. Chapter Summary. Tutorials. Chapter 9: Shape and Object Perception. Introduction: the Three Stage Model. Shape Representation. Object Representation. Chapter Summary. Tutorials. Chapter 10: Depth Perception. Introduction. The Multiplicity of Depth Cues. Cue Combination. Chapter Summary. Tutorials. Chapter 11: Visual Motion Perception. Introduction. Detecting Movement. The Integration of Motion Detector Responses. Multiple Processes in Motion Perception. Chapter Summary. Tutorials. Chapter 12: Colour Vision. Introduction. Colour Space. Colour Mixture. Dual-process Theory. Colour Interactions. Colour Deficiency. Chapter Summary. Tutorials. Chapter 13: Individual Differences in Perception. Introduction. Age. Sex. Culture. Expertise. Idiosyncratic Individual Differences. Chapter Summary. Tutorials.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">George Mather</note>
  <subject>
    <topic> Cognition &amp; Cognitive Psychology</topic>
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    <topic>Perception</topic>
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  <classification authority="ddc">152.1 MAT</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">0863778356</identifier>
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