Sensation and Perception 9 Edition

Book Preface

Features

■ Demonstrations. Demonstrations have been a popular feature of this book for many editions. They are integrated into the fl ow of the text and are easy enough to be carried out with little trouble, thereby maximizing the probability that students will do them. Some examples: Becoming Aware of the Blind Spot (Chapter 2); Shape From Shading (Chapter 5); Perceiving Degraded Sentences (Chapter 13); “Tasting” With and Without the Nose (Chapter 15).

â–  Methods. It is important not only to present the facts of perception, but also to make students aware of these facts were obtained. Highlighted Methods sections, which are integrated into the ongoing discussion, emphasize the importance of methods, and the highlighting makes it easier to refer back to them when referenced later in the book. Examples: Measuring Dark Adaptation (Chapter 2); Double Dissociations in Neuropsychology (Chapter 4); Measuring Tactile Acuity (Chapter 14); 2-Deoxyglucose Technique (Chapter 15).

■ Something to Consider. This end-of-chapter feature offers the opportunity to consider especially interesting phenomena and new fi ndings. Examples: The Mind–Body Problem (Chapter 3); Attention in Autism (Chapter 6); Connections Between Hearing and Vision (Chapter 12); The Proust Effect (Chapter 15).

â–  Test Yourself. Test Yourself questions appear in the middle and at the end of each chapter. These questions are broad enough that students have to unpack the questions themselves, thereby making students more active participants in their studying.

â–  Think About It. The Think About It section at the end of each chapter poses questions that require students to apply what they have learned and that take them beyond the material in the chapter.

â–  Virtual Lab. The Virtual Lab feature of this book enables students to view experimental stimuli, perceptual demonstrations, and short fi lm clips about the research being discussed. The Virtual Lab has been updated in this edition. More than 50 new items have been added to the labs carried over from the eighth edition. Most of these