6th Edition

Sensation and Perception

By Hugh J. Foley Copyright 2020
518 Pages 96 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

518 Pages 96 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

518 Pages 96 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Maintaining the strong pedagogy, abundant student-friendly examples, and engaging conversational style of the previous editions, the sixth edition of this introductory textbook makes technical scientific information accessible to those who are beginning to specialize in cognitive psychology. Sensation and Perception, Sixth Edition is newly available in a more affordable paperback version,... Read more

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Research Methods

Chapter 3 The Visual System

Chapter 4 Basic Visual Functions

Chapter 5 Visual Pattern Perception

Chapter 6 Distance and Size Perception

Chapter 7 Color

Chapter 8 Motion

Chapter 9 The Auditory System

Chapter 10 Basic Audiotory Functions

Chapter 11 Auditory Pattern Perception

Chapter 12 The Skin Senses

Chapter 13 The Chemical Senses

Chapter 14 Perceptual Development

Biography

Hugh J. Foley received his BA from St. John Fisher College (1971) and his PhD in Experimental Psychology from Stony Brook University (1985). He taught at Union College and Skidmore College, from which he retired in 2015. He has broad interests in perception, with a focus on psychophysics and object perception.

Mary Bates is a science writer based outside Boston, MA. She specializes in writing about the brains and behavior of humans and other animals. She completed her PhD in psychology at Brown University, where she studied bat echolocation.