for E. BRUCE GOLDSTEIN's Sensation and Perception, Fourth Edition
1. Introduction to Perception Perception Does Not Just "Happen" / The Physiological Approach to Perception / The Psychophysical Approach to Perception / The Cognitive Approach to Perception / The Approach in this Book / Other Worlds of Perception: What Do Other Species Experience? / Developmental Dimension: Infant Psychophysics
2. Introduction to Vision: Receptors and Neural Processing Overall Plan of the Visual System / Focusing the Incoming Light / The Retina / The Lateral Geniculate Nucleus / The Visual Cortex / Duplicity Theory and Perception / The Processing of Neural Signals / Neural Processing and Perception / The Beginnings of the Perceptual Process / Other Worlds of Perception: Animal Eyes / Developmental Dimension: Visual Acuity and the Newborn's Cones
3. Introduction to Vision: Central Processing Processing in the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus / Processing in the Striate Cortex / The Relationship Between Physiology and Perception / Processing Past the Striate Cortex / Some Challenges for Physiological Research / Other Worlds of Perception: Orientation Detectors in Insects / Developmental Dimension: Sensitive Periods in Perceptual Development
4. Perceiving Color Functions of Color Vision / Describing Color Experience / The Search for the Sensory Code / Psychophysical Research on Color Vision / Physiological Research on Color Vision / Color Deficiency / Perceptual Constancy / Some Perceptual Principles / Other Worlds of Perception: Color Experience in Animals / Developmental Dimension: Infant Color Vision
5. Perceiving Objects The Problem of Object Perception / Perceptual Organization: The Gestalt Approach / Perception as a Constructive Process: The Constructivist Approach / Perceiving Objects in Stages: Preattentive and Focused Processing / Three-Dimensional Shape Recognition: Recognition-by-Components Theory / The Computational Approach to Object Perception / The Spatial Frequency Approach to Object Perception / Putting It All Together: Multiple Questions and Multiple Approaches / Other Worlds of Perception: Contrast Sensitivity in Cats and Human Infants / Developmental Dimension: Textons and Infant Perception
6. Perceiving Depth and Size The Cue Approach / Oculomotor Cues / Pictorial Cues / Movement-Produced Cues / Binocular Disparity and Stereopsis / Perceiving Size / Illusions of Size / The Ecological Approach / Other Worlds of Perception: The Depth Information Used by Animals / Developmental Dimension: The Emergence of Depth Perception in Infants
7. Perceiving Movement The Information Provided by Movement / Studying Movement Perception / Movement Detectors / Taking Eye Movements into Account / The Aperture Problem / Perceiving Biological Movement / The Correspondence Problem / Movement as a Source of Information / Other Worlds of Perception: The Cat's Perception of Biological Motion / Developmental Dimension: Infants' Perception of Motion
8. Audition I: Auditory Physiology The Functions of Hearing / The Stimulus for Hearing / Structure and Functioning of the Auditory System / The Code for Frequency / The Physiology of Sound Localization / Comparing the Senses: Audition and Vision / Other Worlds of Perception: Echolocation by Bats / Developmental Dimension: Plasticity of Frequency Representation in the Cochlea and the Brain
9. Audition II: Hearing Sensitivity and Loudness / Perceiving Pitch / Sound Quality / Psychophysical Aspects of Auditory Processing / Auditory Scene Analysis / Auditory Localization / The Psychophysical Approach to Hearing / Other Worlds of Perception: The Auditory World of Animals / Developmental Dimension: The Auditory World of Human Infants
10. Speech Perception The Speech Stimulus / The Challenge of Understanding Speech Perception / Is There a Special Mechanism for Speech Perception? / Is There Information in the Acoustic Signal That Indicates Which Sounds Are Present? / How Do Listeners Take Variations in Speakers' Voices into Account? / How Do Knowledge and Meaning Influence Speech Perception? / The Physiology of Speech Perception / Speech Perception: Complex Phenomena-General Theories / Other Worlds of Perception: Perception of "Calls" by Monkeys / Developmental Dimensions: Infant Speech Perception
11. The Somatic Senses Anatomy of the Somatosensory System / Psychophysics and Physiology of Tactile Perception / Neural Responses to Temperature and Potentially Damaging Stimuli / Neural Processing / Active Touch / Central Influences on Pain Perception / Other Worlds of Perception: "Other Worlds" of Perception in Humans / Developmental Dimension: Organization of the Somatosensory Cortex
12. The Chemical Senses The Uses of Olfaction / Some Facts About Human Olfaction / Structure of the Olfactory System / The Odor Stimulus and Odor Quality / The Neural Code for Odor Quality / The Perception of Flavor / Factors Influencing Food Preferences / The Taste System / Taste Quality / The Neural Code for Taste Quality / Other Worlds of Perception: Similarities in Chemical Senses across Species / Developmental Dimension: Olfaction and Taste in Infants
13. Clinical Aspects of Vision and Hearing Visual Impairment / How Can Vision Become Impaired? / Focusing Problems / Decreased Transmission of Light / Damage to the Retina / Optic Nerve Damage / The Eye Examination / Hearing Impairment / How Can Hearing Become Impaired? / Conduction Hearing loss / Sensorineural Hearing Loss / The Ear Examination and Hearing Evaluation / Managing Hearing Loss
Appendixes A. Synopses of Developmental Dimensions / B. Units on Perceptual Development / C. Synopses of Other Worlds of Perception / D. Units on Comparative Perception / E. Signal Detection: Procedure and Theory
Glossary/Indexes