Understanding the secrets of human perception. [Volume 1 of 2]

CD Audiobook

Understanding the secrets of human perception. [Volume 1 of 2] / Peter M. Vishton.

Vishton, Peter M. (Author). Teaching Company. (Added Author).

Summary:

Discover the secret life of your senses with award-winning Professor Peter M. Vishton, a masterful educator who has spent several decades immersed in exploring the frontiers of human perception. With him as your authoritative guide, you'll consider each of your senses from a wide range of perspectives, explore how your brain processes different sensory information, consider how your senses work together and within the real-world context of the environment around you, and discover how your senses connect you to the world and to other people.

Record details

ISBN: 1598037846
ISBN: 9781598037845
Physical Description: 6 audio discs (360 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Company, �2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:: Twelve 30-minute lectures.

Compact discs.
Formatted Contents Note:: Disc 1, lecture 1. Your amazing, intelligent senses -- lecture 2. The physiological hardware of your senses -- Disc 2, lecture 3. Neuroimaging: the sensory brain at work -- lecture 4. Brain modules: subcomponents of the senses -- Disc 3, lecture 5. Perceiving a world in motion -- lecture 6. Seeing distance and depth -- Disc 4, lecture 7. Seeing color and light -- lecture 8. Your world of taste and olfaction -- Disc 5, lecture 9. Hearing the world around you -- lecture 10. Speech and language perception -- Disc 6, lecture 11. Touch: temperature, vibration, and pressure -- lecture 12. Pain: how it works for you.
Participant or Performer Note:: Lectures by Professor Peter M. Vishton., the College of William & Mary.