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Encyclopedia Of Perception

UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEX PHENOMENA OF PERCEPTUAL EXPERIENCE WITH SAGE REFERENCE’S NEW, AUTHORITATIVE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PERCEPTION

Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC (29 September 2009) — Perception is often seen as something that "just happens." Experiences such as recognizing faces, seeing light, hearing music, and feeling pain represent the actions of complex processes, yet we usually do them easily.

SAGE Reference’s new, comprehensive, two-volume Encyclopedia of Perception examines the phenomena of perception and their fascinating and complex underlying mechanisms. Written by leading researchers and theoreticians, accessible A-to-Z entries present state-of-the-art information explaining how the senses operate and experiences and behaviors resulting from their stimulation.

The entries cover a broad and varied list of topics, including not only basic research but also descriptions of methods, theoretical approaches, and real-world applications of perceptual research. More than 250 illustrations accompany the text, including sixteen pages of color figures and photographs. A helpful Reader’s Guide organizes content into key areas, such as:

• Action
• Attention
• Audition
• Chemical Senses
• Cognition and Perception
• Computers and Perception
• Consciousness
• Disorders of Perception
• Illusory Perceptions
• Methods
• Physiological Processes
• Sense Interactions
• Skin and Body Senses
• Theoretical Approaches
• Visual Perception

All public and academic libraries will be sure to get SAGE’s new Encyclopedia of Perception so general readers, students, researchers, and scholars in fields such as psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, computer science, and philosophy have access to its wealth of up-to-date content.

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