• Integrates the anatomy and physiology of sensory systems with classical perceptual problems in psychology making this a more thorough and rigorous approach than other books
• Free CD-ROM of demonstration/simulation programs brings the information to life, engaging the student with its interactive structure
• Boxes separate the more advanced and less relevant material to help the student find the main points
• Emphasizes principles and cross-references ideas across chapters, helping students focus
• Nearly 700 entry 'Glossdex' serves as both glossary and page-reference index
• Over 1400 references, citations and further reading, allows the book to be used as a research base.

Readership: Undergraduate students in psychology who study sensation and perception, sensory processes or vision in the second or third year of a degree course. Also, neurobiologists and physiologists often choose to take a sensation course.

Michael W. Levine, Professor of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago

1: Introduction
2: Psychophysics
3: Light and the Eye
4: The Retina
5: Retinal Ganglion Cells and Lateral Antagonism
6: Light Adaptation and Dark Adaptation
7: The Primary Visual Areas of the Brain
8: Architecture of Vision in the Cortex
9: Spatial Frequency Representation
10: Form Perception
11: Depth Perception
12: Perceptual Constancies and Illusions
13: The Perception of Movement
14: Colour Vision
15: The Structure of the Auditory System
16: Frequency coding in the Auditory System
17: Preception of Loudness and Space
18: Speech Perception
19: Somatosensory Sensation and Pain
20: The Chemical Senses: Taste and Smell
21: Appendices
22: References
23: Glossary and index