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Psychology 5/e Book Cover
Psychology, 5/e
Lester M. Sdorow, Arcadia University
Cheryl A. Rickabaugh, University of Redlands

Sensation and Perception

For More Information On Sensation And Perception

For General Works on Sensation and Perception

        Ackerman, D. (1990). A natural history of the senses. New York: Random House.

        Coren, S., and Enns, J. T. (1998). Sensation and perception (2nd ed.). San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

        Gescheider, G. A. (1997). Psychophysics: Method, theory, and applications (3rd ed.). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

        Warrebey, G. V. (1998). Read my lips: The latest university research findings on subliminal advertising and sales. Bethlehem, PA: Lehigh University Press.

For More on Vision

The Eye

        Findlay, J. M., Walker, R., and Kentridge, R. W. (Eds.). (1995). Eye movement research: Mechanisms, processes, and applications. New York: Elsevier.

        Janisse, M. P. (1977). Pupillometry: The psychology of the pupillary response. New York: Halsted.

Color Vision

        Gegenfurtner, K. R., and Sharpe, L. T. (Eds.). (1999). Color vision: From genes to perception. New York: Cambridge University Press.

        Wasserman, G. S. (1978). Color vision: An historical introduction. New York: Wiley.

Visual Perception

        Bruce, V., Green, P. R., and Georgeson, M. (1997). Visual perception: Physiology, psychology, and ecology. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

        Walsh, V., Kulikowski, J., and Kulikowski, J. J. (1998). Perceptual constancy: Why things look as they do. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Visual Illusions

        Block, J. R., and Yuker, H. E. (1989). Can you believe your eyes? Over 250 illusions and other visual oddities. New York: Gardner Press.

        Shepard, R. N. (1990). Mind sights: Original visual illusions, ambiguities, and other anomalies. New York: W. H. Freeman.

For More on Hearing

        Clark, G. (1997). Advances in cochlear implants for infants and children. Baltimore: Singular.

        Moore, B. C. J. (1997). An introduction to the psychology of hearing (4th ed.). London: Academic Press.

        Warren, R. M. (1999). Auditory perception: A new analysis and synthesis. New York: Cambridge University Press.

For More on the Chemical Senses

Smell

        Agosta, W. C. (1992). Chemical communication: The language of pheromones. New York: W. H. Freeman.

        Schab, F. R., and Crowder, R. G. (Eds.). (1995). Memory for odors. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Taste

        Bolles, R. C. (Ed.). (1991). The hedonism of taste. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

For More on the Skin Senses

Touch

        Heller, M., and Schiff, W. (Eds.). (1991). The psychology of touch. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

        Katz, D. (1989). The world of touch. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Pain

        Bates, M. S. (1996). Biocultural dimensions of chronic pain: Implications for treatment of multi-ethnic populations. Albany: SUNY Press.

        Kevington, S. M. (1996). Psychology of pain. New York: Wiley.

For More on the Body Senses

        Highstein, S. M., Cohen, B., and Buttner-Ennever, J. A. (Eds.). (1996). New directions in vestibular research. New York: New York Academy of Sciences.

For More on Parapsychology

        Alcock, J. E. (1989). Science and supernature: A critical appraisal of parapsychology. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus.

        Braude, S. E. (1997). The limits of influence: Psychokinesis and the philosophy of science. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.

        Randi, J. (1982). Flim-flam: Psychics, ESP, unicorns, and other delusions. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus.

For More on Contributors to the Study of Sensation and Perception

        Cranston, M. (1979). John Locke: A biography. New York: Oxford University Press.

        Koenigsberger, L. (1906). Hermann von Helmholtz.Oxford, England: Clarendon.

        Myers, G. E. (1986). William James: His life and thought. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

        Randi, J. (1991). James Randi: Psychic investigator. London: Boxtree.

        Rao, K. R. (Ed.). (1982). J. B. Rhine: On the frontiers of science. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.

        Reed, E. S. (1988). James J. Gibson and the psychology of perception. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.