Perceptual Coherence : Hearing and Seeing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Handel, Stephen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sensory receptors.

Auditory perception.

Visual perception.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (482 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2006.

Summary:

This book describes the conceptual similarities and differences between hearing and seeing from the perspective that the perceptual variables for both listening and looking are those of contrast and change. Only basic knowledge is assumed, and the goal is to provide a coherent background for advanced treatments of either sense.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

1. Basic Concepts

2. Transformation of Sensory Information Into Perceptual Information

3. Characteristics of Auditory and Visual Scenes

4. The Transition Between Noise (Disorder) and Structure (Order)

5. Perception of Motion

6. Gain Control and External and Internal Noise

7. The Perception of Quality: Visual Color

8. The Perception of Quality: Auditory Timbre

9. Auditory and Visual Segmentation

10. Summing Up

References

Index

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M

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O

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Q

R

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Y

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Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Handel, Stephen Perceptual Coherence

ISBN:

9780199721627

OCLC:

316118685