Sensation and Perception by Harvey Richard Schiffman

Sensation and Perception by Harvey Richard Schiffman

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This text raises the question: how do the senses gather and secure information about the outside word? The authors explain how the physical world interacts with and stimulates the senses, and, in turn, how the sense and the nervous system transform, integrate, and process the stimulation.

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Sensation and Perception by Harvey Richard Schiffman

This book combines sensation and perception with all biological-sensory aspects of perception with all biological-sensory aspects of perception covered from an evolutionary point of view. It raises the key question: How do the senses gather and secure information about the outside world? This basic question is addressed by explaining how the physical world interacts with and stimulates the senses, and, in turn, how the sense and the nervous system transform, integrate, and process the stimulation.
"..an excellent textbook for every staff library, across the education spectrum..." (Information Exchange, July 2003)
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ISBN 13 9780471249306
ISBN 10 0471249300
Title Sensation and Perception
Author Harvey Richard Schiffman
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published 2000-11-02
Number of pages 608
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