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Book SynopsisThere are auditory books and visual books, but neither type of book uses the other sense to illustrate the common issues in perception. This volume''s comparison of hearing and seeing, or listening to and looking at provides the means to isolate what is common to perception and what is specific to each sensory system. There are only 3 or 4 types of visual receptors, each with overlapping but different wavelength sensitivity, but there are about 2,000 auditory receptors, again with overlapping wavelength sensitivity. Through comparisons such as this one, Handel illustrates how the number and sensitivity of the receptors match the properties of the stimuli.Far from being a dry recitation of the facts of seeing and hearing, Handel''s book is a unique attempt to dig out the similarities and interactions between these two modes of perception. While providing a detailed account of many aspects of our perceptual systems, at both a functional and a physiological level, the author always bears
Trade Review"Stephen Handel's book Perceptual Coherence reframes object and event perception in a coherent theoretical scheme based on the dynamic perceiving of "things" in space and time. The text is written with Handel's habitual crystal clarity, depth of thought, and pedagogical talent. It will certainly be a treasure trove of facts, concepts, and new directions for researchers and students alike." --Stephen McAdams, Director, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music, Media & Technology (CIRMMT) and Faculty of Music, McGill University "Far from being a dry recitation of the facts of seeing and hearing, Handel's book is a unique attempt to dig out the similarities and interactions between these two modes of perception. Full of interesting analogies, the book is very provocative and contains enough challenging ideas for individual readers to be able to find specific ones to puzzle over, whether they are students or professional researchers--and regardless of their theoretical views of perception." --Albert S. Bregman, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, McGill University "Stephen Handel's book Perceptual Cohenerence reframes object and event perception in a coherent theoretical scheme based on the dynamic perceiving of "things" in space and time. The text is written with Handel's habitual crystal clarity, depth of thought, and pedagogical talent. It will certainly be a treasure trove of facts, concepts, and new directions for researchers and students alike." --Stephen McAdams, Director, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music, Media & Technology (CIRMMT) and Faculty of Music, McGill University "Far from being a dry recitation of the facts of seeing and hearing, Handel's book is a unique attempt to dig out the similarities and interactions between these two modes of perception. Full of interesting analogies, the book is very provocative and contains enough challenging ideas for individual readers to be able to find specific ones to puzzle over, whether they are students or professional researchers--and regardless of their theoretical views of perception." --Albert S. Bregman, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, McGill University
Table of Contents1. 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. Auditory timbre ; 9. Auditory and visual segmentation ; 10. Summing up
