Sensation and Perception

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By Hugh J. Foley

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Sensation and Perception by Hugh J. Foley offers an accessible introduction to cognitive psychology, focusing on how we experience and interpret sensory information. This sixth edition, now available in an affordable paperback, enhances the strong pedagogy and student-friendly approach of earlier editions. It covers essential topics including skin senses, chemical senses, and complex visual and auditory systems, with new content on multisensory integration, neural plasticity, and cognitive neuroscience.
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Ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate students specialising in sensation, perception, and cognitive psychology, this textbook provides clear explanations and practical examples to support learning in these fields.

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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 specialise in cognitive psychology. Sensation and Perception, Sixth Edition is newly available in a more affordable paperback version, making it ideal for undergraduate students.

In this new edition, Bates has built on Foley and Matlin’s core text to add updates focusing on multisensory integration, neural plasticity, and cognitive neuroscience, as well as real-world examples and practical applications of psychological phenomena. The sixth edition retains the clear organisation of previous versions, covering a wide range of core topics, from skin senses such as touch to chemical senses such as taste and smell, to our complex visual and auditory sensory systems.

This book is essential reading for undergraduates and postgraduates studying courses on sensation and perception.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780367226053

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 September 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 6th edition

Illustration: 12 Tables, black and white; 80 Line drawings, black and white; 29 Halftones, black and white; 96 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 1220g

Pages: 518

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About the Author

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.

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