Perception & Visual Cognition
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Vision Without Space
To Be Published December 31st 2013 by Psychology Press
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A Case Study in Visual Agnosia Revisited
To See But Not to See Two, 2nd Edition
Visual agnosia is a rare but fascinating disorder of visual object recognition that can occur after a brain lesion. This book documents the case of John, who worked intensively with the authors for 26 years after acquiring visual agnosia following a stroke. It revisits John’s case over twenty years...
To Be Published October 22nd 2013 by Psychology Press
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Perception Beyond Gestalt
Progress in vision research
Series: Explorations in Cognitive Psychology
How does the brain piece together the information required to achieve object recognition, figure-ground segmentation, object completion in cases of partial occlusion and related perceptual phenomena? This book focuses on principles of Gestalt psychology and the key issues which surround them,...
To Be Published August 5th 2013 by Psychology Press
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Perception Beyond Gestalt
Progress in vision research
Series: Explorations in Cognitive Psychology
How does the brain piece together the information required to achieve object recognition, figure-ground segmentation, object completion in cases of partial occlusion and related perceptual phenomena? This book focuses on principles of Gestalt psychology and the key issues which surround them,...
To Be Published August 5th 2013 by Psychology Press
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Auditory Sound Transmission
An Autobiographical Perspective
Auditory Sound Transmission provides an integrated, state-of-the-art description and quantitative analysis of sound transmission from the outer ear to the sensory cells in the cochlea of the inner ear. It describes in detail the structures and mechanisms involved and gives their input and...
To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press
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The Neuropsychology of Smell and Taste
Series: Brain, Behaviour and Cognition
Smell and taste are our most misunderstood senses. Given a choice between losing our sense of smell and taste, or our senses of sight and hearing, most people nominate the former, rather than the latter. Yet our sense of smell and taste has the power to stir up memories, alter our mood and even...
To Be Published June 3rd 2013 by Psychology Press
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Visual Perception
An Introduction, 3rd Edition
Does the world appear the same to everyone? Does what we know determine what we see? Why do we see the world as we do? Vision is our most dominant sense. From the light that enters our eyes to the complex cognitive processes that follow, we derive most of our information about what things are,...
Published October 23rd 2012 by Psychology Press
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From Mental Imagery to Spatial Cognition and Language
Essays in Honour of Michel Denis
Series: Psychology Press Festschrift Series
The nature of mental images and their relation to language has caused controversy amongst psychologists for years, and the so-called "imagery debate" is still unresolved. Fresh light is now being shed on this topic using recent findings in neuroscience and the development of behavioural studies....
Published April 1st 2012 by Psychology Press
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Face Perception
Human faces are unique biological structures that convey a complex variety of important social messages. Even strangers can tell things from our faces – our feelings, our locus of attention, something of what we are saying, our age, sex and ethnic group, whether they find us attractive. In...
Published December 21st 2011 by Psychology Press
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Measurement With Persons
Theory, Methods, and Implementation Areas
Series: Scientific Psychology Series
Measurements with persons are those in which human perception and interpretation are used for measuring complex, holistic quantities and qualities, which are perceived by the human brain and mind. Providing means for reproducible measurement of parameters such as pleasure and pain has important...
Published December 18th 2011 by Psychology Press
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Studies in Perception and Action XI
Sixteenth International Conference on Perception and Action
Series: Studies in Perception and Action
This volume is the 11th in the Studies in Perception and Action series and contains research presented at the 16th International Conference on Perception and Action (ICPA) meeting in the summer of 2011. ICPA provides a forum for presenting new data, theory, and methodological developments relevant...
Published August 8th 2011 by Psychology Press