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Book Levine   Shefner s Fundamentals of Sensation and Perception

Download or read book Levine Shefner s Fundamentals of Sensation and Perception written by Michael W. Levine and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new edition of this successful book provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the sensory systems--vision, audition, touch, taste, and smell. In each case the neural machinery relating sensation and perception is described and integrated with the physiological underpinning. This edition includes a CD which provides demonstrations and simulations to explain and clarify the perceptual phenomena.

Book Fundamentals of Sensation and Perception

Download or read book Fundamentals of Sensation and Perception written by Michael W. Levine and published by Thomson Brooks/Cole. This book was released on 1991 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new edition of this successful book provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the sensory systems--vision, audition, touch, taste, and smell. In each case the neural machinery relating sensation and perception is described and integrated with the physiological underpinning.This edition includes a CD which provides demonstrations and simulations to explain and clarify the perceptual phenomena.

Book Fundamentals of Sensation and Perception

Download or read book Fundamentals of Sensation and Perception written by Laura Levine and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Optometry  Science  Techniques and Clinical Management E Book

Download or read book Optometry Science Techniques and Clinical Management E Book written by Mark Rosenfield and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2009-07-06 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the theory and practice of optometry in one succinct volume. From the fundamental science of vision to clinical techniques and the management of common ocular conditions, this book encompasses the essence of contemporary optometric practice. Now in full colour and featuring over 400 new illustrations, this popular text which will appeal to both students and practitioners wishing to keep up to date has been revised significantly. The new edition incorporates recent advances in technology and a complete overview of clinical procedures to improve and update everyday patient care. Contributions from well-known international experts deliver a broad perspective and understanding of current optometric practice. A useful aid for students and the newly qualified practitioner, while providing a rapid reference guide for the more experienced clinician. Comprehensive and logical coverage detailing the full spectrum of optometric practice in one volume. Succinctly covers the basics of anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, investigative techniques and clinical management of common eye conditions to provide key topics likely to be met in clinical practice. Discusses the full range of refractive correction, from spectacles and contact lenses to surgical treatment. Includes chapters on the management of special populations, including paediatric, elderly, low vision and special needs patients. Heavily illustrated throughout with key diagrams and images to support the text. Complete restructuring of contents into three sections: basic sciences, clinical techniques and patient management. Full colour throughout with over 400 illustrations. Many new chapters reflecting the changes in optometric practice and technology over the last 20 years, including new imaging and diagnostic procedures and methods of ocular treatment and refractive correction. Now includes internationally renowned authors from around the world. Details a full range of refractive and management approaches for patient care.

Book National Library of Medicine Current Catalog

Download or read book National Library of Medicine Current Catalog written by National Library of Medicine (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Neuroscience

    Book Details:
  • Author : J. F. Stein
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2006-08-25
  • ISBN : 1861563892
  • Pages : 502 pages

Download or read book Neuroscience written by J. F. Stein and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-08-25 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engaging book will serve as an introductory text in neuroscience. It conveys important ideas in neuroscience without overburdening the student with unnecessary detail. Drawing from his 35 years of teaching experience of teaching at Oxford University, the author concentrates on concepts and observations that students find difficult, amusing, interesting or exciting. Starting with a brief history of neuroscience, it covers cellular and biophysical aspects, sensory systems, motor systems, the hypothalamus, the automatic nervous system, learning and memory and speech and reading.

Book Consumer Behaviour

    Book Details:
  • Author : Isabelle Szmigin
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
  • Release : 2014-11-06
  • ISBN : 0199646449
  • Pages : 471 pages

Download or read book Consumer Behaviour written by Isabelle Szmigin and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014-11-06 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a brand new approach to teaching consumer behaviour, Szmigin and Piacentini move beyond traditional psychological learning to acknowledge more holistic perspectives of consumer behaviour and incorporate new areas of research, such as Consumer Culture Theory, which are enhancing ourunderstanding of this fascinating subject.The latest behavioural, psychological and sociological approaches are presented alongside emerging techniques, such as neuromarketing, with their application to marketing explicitly drawn out.Theory is firmly set in context for students through extensive use of international examples and extended cases on topics such as repertoire shopping in China, lifestyles of Indian consumers, and learning about brands through Havaianas in Brazil.Each chapter includes Consumer Insights covering topics such as social media marketing in the Netherlands, repositioning Lucozade in the UK, and finding the right celebrity endorser. These features bring together the themes discussed and encourage students to engage with the material on a morepractical level.Central to the book is the recognition of how businesses and government are likely to use knowledge of these theories and techniques in marketing strategies and business decision making. Each chapter includes a Practitioner Insight from a professional working in marketing, advertising, government ora charity, including Dubit, Thinkbox and Age UK to provide real world views on the topics being discussed and the possible future direction of these areas.The authors acknowledge consumer behaviour as a research discipline. To reflect this, Research Insights features throughout each chapter include links to seminal papers to present students with the opportunity to take their learning further.The accompanying Online Resource Centre provides superior ready-to-use support for both students and lecturers:For students:* Author blog, responding to changes within the subject and supporting the currency of the textbook;* Web links illustrating consumer behaviour in practice including examples from print, video and web;* Multiple choice questions with instant feedback;* Links to seminal articles as highlighted in the Research Insights feature;* Web exercises to encourage students to test their knowledge and apply their learning;* Flashcard glossary to test understanding of key terms.For lecturers:* Comprehensive customizable PowerPoint slides;* Learning activities (including, more detailed workshop-based activities, shorter lecture-based in-class exercises and suggestions for assessment approaches)* An instructor's manual (containing guidance on how to use the case studies and Practitioner Insights in class, indicative answers, and some additional questions).

Book Cultural Psychology

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robyn M. Holmes
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2020-01-30
  • ISBN : 0197503071
  • Pages : 801 pages

Download or read book Cultural Psychology written by Robyn M. Holmes and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-30 with total page 801 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultural Psychology draws upon major psychological topics, theories, and principles to illustrate the importance of culture in psychological inquiry. Exploring how culture broadly connects to psychological processing across diverse cultural communities and settings, it highlights the applied nature of cultural psychology to everyday life events and situations, presenting culture as a complex layer in which individuals acquire skills, values, and abilities. Two central positions guide this textbook: one, that culture is a mental and physical construct that individuals live, experience, share, perform, and learn; and the second, that culture shapes growth and development. Culture-specific and cross-cultural examples highlight connections between culture and psychological phenomena. The text is multidisciplinary, highlighting different perspectives that also study how culture shapes human phenomena. Topics include an introduction to cultural psychology, the history of cultural psychology, cultural evolution and cultural ecology, methods, language and nonverbal communication, cognition, and perception. Through coverage of social behaviour, the book challenges students to explore the self, identity, and personality; social relationships, social attitudes, and intergroup contact in a global world; and social influence, aggression, violence, and war. Sections addressing growth and development include human development and its processes, transitions, and rituals across the lifespan, and socializing agents, socialization practices, and child activities. Additionally, the book features discussions of emotion and motivation, mental health and psychopathology, and future directions for cultural psychology. Chapters contain teaching and learning tools including case studies, multidisciplinary contributions, thought-provoking questions, class and experiential activities, chapter summaries, and additional print and media resources.

Book Multimedia Transcoding in Mobile and Wireless Networks

Download or read book Multimedia Transcoding in Mobile and Wireless Networks written by Ahmad, Ashraf M.A. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2008-07-31 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is designed to provide readers with relevant theoretical frameworks and latest technical and institutional solutions for transcoding multimedia in mobile and wireless networks"--Provided by publisher.

Book Sound   Hearing

Download or read book Sound Hearing written by R. Duncan Luce and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The major aim of this book is to introduce the ways in which scientists approach and think about a phenomenon -- hearing -- that intersects three quite different disciplines: the physics of sound sources and the propagation of sound through air and other materials, the anatomy and physiology of the transformation of the physical sound into neural activity in the brain, and the psychology of the perception we call hearing. Physics, biology, and psychology each play a role in understanding how and what we hear. The text evolved over the past decade in an attempt to convey something about scientific thinking, as evidenced in the domain of sounds and their perception, to students whose primary focus is not science. It does so using a minimum of mathematics (high school functions such as linear, logarithmic, sine, and power) without compromising scientific integrity. A significant enrichment is the availability of a compact disc (CD) containing over 20 examples of acoustic demonstrations referred to in the book. These demonstrations, which range from echo effects and filtered noise to categorical speech perception and total more than 45 minutes, are invaluable resources for making the text come alive.

Book Dissonance

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sean Alexander Gurd
  • Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
  • Release : 2016-07-01
  • ISBN : 0823269663
  • Pages : 256 pages

Download or read book Dissonance written by Sean Alexander Gurd and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the four centuries leading up to the death of Euripides, Greek singers, poets, and theorists delved deeply into auditory experience. They charted its capacity to develop topologies distinct from those of the other senses; contemplated its use as a communicator of information; calculated its power to express and cause extreme emotion. They made sound too, artfully and self-consciously creating songs and poems that reveled in sonorousness. Dissonance reveals the commonalities between ancient Greek auditory art and the concerns of contemporary sound studies, avant-garde music, and aesthetics, making the argument that “classical” Greek song and drama were, in fact, an early European avant-garde, a proto-exploration of the aesthetics of noise. The book thus develops an alternative to that romantic ideal which sees antiquity as a frozen and silent world.

Book Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing  EMDR   Second Edition

Download or read book Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing EMDR Second Edition written by Francine Shapiro and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2001-08-06 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides the definitive guide to Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), the psychotherapeutic approach developed by Francine Shapiro. EMDR is one of the most widely investigated treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder, and many other applications are also being explored. Presenting background on EMDR’s development, theoretical constructs, and possible underlying mechanisms, the volume also contains detailed descriptions and transcripts that guide the clinician through every stage of therapeutic treatment, from client selection to the administration of EMDR and its integration within a comprehensive treatment plan. Among the many clinical populations for whom the material in this volume has been seen as applicable are survivors of sexual abuse, crime, and combat, as well as sufferers of phobias and other experientially based disorders. Special feature: Two online-only appendices were added in 2009 (www.guilford.com/EMDR-appendices). These appendices comprehensively review current research on EMDR and its clinical applications. EMDR is now recognized by the American Psychiatric Association as an effective treatment for ameliorating symptoms of both acute and chronic PTSD (APA Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Patients with Acute Stress Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder). New to This Edition: *Updated neurobiological data, findings from controlled clinical studies, and literature on emerging clinical applications. *Updated protocols and procedures for working with adults and children with a range of presenting problems.

Book Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing  EMDR  Therapy  Third Edition

Download or read book Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing EMDR Therapy Third Edition written by Francine Shapiro and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2017-12-29 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Originally developed for treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), this evidence-based approach is now also used to treat adults and children with complex trauma, anxiety disorders, depression, addictive behavior problems, and other clinical problems. EMDR originator Francine Shapiro reviews the therapy's theoretical and empirical underpinnings, details the eight phases of treatment, and provides training materials and resources. Vivid vignettes, transcripts, and reproducible forms are included"--Amazon.com.

Book University Wine Course

    Book Details:
  • Author : Marian W. Blady
  • Publisher : Board and Bench Publishing
  • Release : 1997-05-01
  • ISBN : 0932664695
  • Pages : 426 pages

Download or read book University Wine Course written by Marian W. Blady and published by Board and Bench Publishing. This book was released on 1997-05-01 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over 20 years the most widely used wine textbook in higher education courses, The University Wine Course provides a 12-week program for learning about wine in-depth, from sensory evaluation to the science of viticulture and winemaking. Written and organized in a “user friendly” style, this book serves as a comprehensive-yet-easy resource for self-tutoring. Includes chapter exams and answers, study guides, lab exercises, final exams and extensive references and bibliography. Illustrated with appendixes on Wine & Food, Label Reading, Do-It-Yourself Labs, Student tasting notes and more. Dr. Baldy is a USDA award-winning professor of sciences who has operated her own vineyard and winery and has taught wine appreciation for academic credits to university students for over 20 years. A Teacher’s Manual is available from the publisher.

Book Foundations of Sensation and Perception

Download or read book Foundations of Sensation and Perception written by George Mather and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The first edition of this comprehensive introduction to sensation and perception has been highly praised for its unique approach: it allows students to thoroughly grasp the fundamental principles in relation to the relatively simple sensory systems before moving on to the more complex topics."--BOOK JACKET.

Book Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis

Download or read book Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis written by Jorge S. Marques and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-05-23 with total page 713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two-volume set LNCS 3522 and 3523 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second Iberian Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis, IbPRIA 2005, held in Estoril, Portugal in June 2005. The 170 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 292 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on computer vision, shape and matching, image and video processing, image and video coding, face recognition, human activity analysis, surveillance, robotics, hardware architectures, statistical pattern recognition, syntactical pattern recognition, image analysis, document analysis, bioinformatics, medical imaging, biometrics, speech recognition, natural language analysis, and applications.

Book Classification and Cognition

Download or read book Classification and Cognition written by William K. Estes and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1994-01-06 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on Estes' important Fitts Lectures, this volume details a set of psychological concepts and principles that offers a unified interpretation of a wide variety of memory, categorization, and decision-making phenomena. These phenomena are explained via two families of models established by the author: a storage-retrieval model and an adaptive network model. Estes considers whether the models are competing or complementary, offering cogent and instructive arguments for both perspectives. Estes' theory is then applied to two large-scale series of studies on category learning and recognition, providing an integrated understanding of seemingly disparate phenomena. This book is the culmination of the author's more than ten years of research in the field, and stands as a great achievement by one of this century's eminent psychologists. It will be indispensable to a wide variety of behavioral scientists, including mathematical and cognitive psychologists.