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A tour of the senses : how your brain interprets the world / John M. Henshaw.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Henshaw, John M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Senses and sensation.
- Perception.
- Physical Description:
- 272 pages ; 18 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- "This entertaining introduction to sensory science is a clever mix of research findings and real-world stories that helps us understand the complex processes that turn sensory stimuli into sophisticated brain responses."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- Electromagnetic stimuli
- Chemical stimuli
- Mechanical stimuli
- The science of sensation
- Vision
- The chemical senses
- The mechanical senses
- Remembering the present
- Perception and culture
- Perception and education.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781421404363
- 1421404362
- OCLC:
- 739913699
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