Perception: A Multisensory Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780198725022 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 368 str.

Nicola Bruno; Francesco Pavani

Opis

This book adopts a multisensory approach to understanding perception. Within it, the authors define perception as intrinsically multisensory from the start and examine multisensory interactions as the key process behind how we perceive our own body, control its movements, and perceive and recognise objects, space, and time.

Recenzje

Thorough, rich of examples, and well planned, which makes it an excellent textbook. It is also written in a plain and engaging way and should appeal easily to undergraduate and master students. Perhaps even more importantly, it pushes the reader to rethink our typical approach to sensory systems, making it an excellent read for anybody interested in Perception. Functions take the lead over receptors, and processing of information takes the lead over neural signals somehow turning over the habitual approach to perception. Underscoring these aspects is not only fun but is also crucial to understand how our mind works. The book makes great strides in this direction.

O autorze

Nicola Bruno studied philosophy at the University of Trieste (Italy) and experimental psychology at Cornell University (USA). He is currently Full Professor of General Psychology at the University of Parma (Italy) and coordinator of the Master Programme on Psychobiology and Cognitive Neuroscience. Bruno has published extensively on human perception, perception and action, and multisensory processing. Francesco Pavani studied psychology and neuropsychology at the University of Bologna (Italy) and continued his training in cognitive neuroscience at the University College London (UK). He is currently Associate Professor of General Psychology at the University of Trento (Italy), director of the PhD Program in Cognitive and Brain Sciences at the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC) and coordinator of the research group on Cognition Across the Senses (CAtS). Pavani published extensively on multisensory processing, body perception and auditory deficits.