Psychology of Perception
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1 Psychophysics 1.1 Detection 1.1.1 Absolute Threshold and Method of Constant Stimuli 1.1.2 Signal Detection Theory 1.2 Discrimination 1.2.1 Difference Threshold and Method of Constant Stimuli 1.2.2 Weber’s Law of Discrimination and Its Generalized Form 1.3 Other Methods for Estimating Thresholds 1.3.1 The Method of Adjustment 1.3.2 The Method of Limits 1.3.3 Adaptive Methods 1.4 Scaling 1.4.1 Methods 1.4.2 Stevens’s Law 1.4.3 Other Contributions from Stevens 2 Physical and Biological Bases of Hearing 2.1 Physical Characteristics of a Simple Sound Wave 2.1.1 Frequency and Phase 2.1.2 Amplitude 2.2 Physical Characteristics of a Complex Sound Wave 2.3 Subjective Characteristics of Sounds 2.3.1 Pitch, Loudness, and Timbre 2.3.2 Other Subjective Characteristics 2.4 Biological Bases 2.4.1 Outer, Middle, and Inner Ear 2.4.2 The Cochlea 2.4.3 Central Mechanisms 2.5 Theories of Hearing 2.5.1 Frequency Theory 2.5.2 Theories Based on Location 2.6 Clinical Aspects 3 Hearing 3.1 Perceptual Organization 3.1.1 Streaming 3.1.2 Illusion of Continuity and Gap Transfer 3.2 Sound Location 3.2.1 Location of Direction 3.2.2 Location of Distance 3.3 Hearing Music 3.3.1 Technical Description 3.3.2 Subjective Experience 3.4 Hearing Speech 3.4.1 Linguistic Description 3.4.2 Technical Analysis 3.4.3 Theoretical Perspectives 3.4.4 Intermodality 4 Biological Bases of Visual Perception 4.1 The Eye 4.1.1 The Eyeball 4.1.2 The Retina 4.2 Receptive Fields 4.3 Central Mechanisms 4.3.1 The Visual Cortex 4.3.2 Visual Pathways 4.4 Clinical Aspects 5 Color Perception 5.1 Description of Light 5.1.1 Intensity 5.1.2 Wavelength and Spectral Composition 5.2 Perceptual Dimensions of Color 5.3 Color Mixtures 5.3.1 Primary Colors 5.3.2 Addition and Subtraction 5.4 Theories of Color Vision 5.5 Chromatic Effects 5.6 Clinical Aspects 6 Form Perception 6.1 Perception of Contours 6.1.1 Edges and Subjective Contours 6.1.2 Lateral Inhibition 6.1.3 Mach Bands 6.1.4 Factors Influencing the Perception of Contours 6.2 Gestalt: Perceptual Organization 6.2.1 Figure/Ground Distinction 6.2.2 Perceptual Grouping 6.3 Theory of Multiple Spatial Channels 6.3.1 Basic Concepts 6.3.2 Contrast Sensitivity Function 6.4 Form Recognition 6.4.1 Templates or Characteristics? 6.4.2 A Computational Approach 6.4.3 A Structural Model 6.4.4 Agnosia 7 Depth Perception 7.1 Cues for Perceiving a Third Dimension 7.1.1 Binocular Cues 7.1.2 Monocular Cues 7.2 Perceptual Constancy 7.2.1 Types of Constancy 7.2.2 Interpretations and Investigations 7.2.3 Gibson’s Perspective 7.3 Illusions 7.3.1 Variety of Illusions 7.3.2 The Moon Illusion 8 Perception and Attention 8.1 What Is Attention? 8.1.1 Blindnesses 8.2 Preparation and Orientation 8.2.1 Spatial Preparation 8.2.2 Temporal Preparation 8.3 Selectivity 8.3.1 Visual Selectivity 8.3.2 Auditory Selectivity 8.4 Visual Search 8.5 Clinical Aspects Appendix A: ROC Curves Appendix B: Fechner’s Law Appendix C: The Nervous System References Index
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