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

CD Audiobook

Understanding the secrets of human perception. [Volume 2 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 7, lecture 13. Perception in action -- lecture 14. Attention and perception -- Disc 8, lecture 15. Kinesthetic perception -- lecture 16. Seeing, remembering, inferring infants -- Disc 9, lecture 17. How infants sense and act on their world -- lecture 18. Illusions and magic -- Disc 10, lecture 19. Perceiving emotion in others and ourselves -- lecture 20. Sensing the thoughts of others: ESP -- Disc 11, lecture 21. Opponent process for perception and life -- lecture 22. Synthesia: tasting color and seeing sound -- Disc 12, lecture 23. How your sensory systems learn -- lecture 24. Fixing, replacing, and enhancing the senses.
Participant or Performer Note:: Lectures by Professor Peter M. Vishton., the College of William & Mary.