Psychology of Perception

by Simon Grondin

This book defines the terminology used in the fields of sensation and perception and describes the biological and physical bases required for understanding sensory experiences. It offers more specifically an introduction to the study of psychophysics, auditory perception, visual perception, and attention, and discusses the basic concepts and mechanisms used to interpret different perceptual phenomena. 

Featured topics in this  



Laws of psychophysics, including the discrimination law of Weber and Stevens’ power law. 
Psychophysical methods and signal detection theory.
Hearing music and speech.
Color, form and depth perception
The role of attention in perception. 
Sensory disorders. 

Psychology of Perception is an essential resource for undergraduate and graduate students interested in studying sensation and perception. 

Genres: Science

156 pages, Hardcover

Published June 6, 2016

Reviews

[Jonathan Jeckell]

This focuses on auditory and visual perception, which are the most useful for human-machine interaction and computer interfaces, but I was hoping to see at least something on tactile (haptic interfaces are becoming more prevalent) and taste/smell.

Of course, you could run down quite a rabbit hole going in depth on sound alone, as you can see with the "Sonification Handbook"