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Tour of the Senses:

How Your Brain Interprets the World

ISBN-13: 9781421404363
Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
By John M. Henshaw
Price: AUD $73.99
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Local release date: 15/04/2012
Format: Hardback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 288 pages Weight: 522g
Categories: Neurosciences [PSAN]

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Ever wonder why some people have difficulty recognizing faces or why food found delicious in one culture is reviled in another? John M. Henshaw ponders these and other surprising facts in this fascinating and fast-paced tour of the senses.From when stimuli first excite our senses to the near-miraculous sense organs themselves to the mystery of how our brain interprets senses, Henshaw explains the complex phenomena of how we see, feel, taste, touch, and smell. He takes us through the rich history of sensory perception, dating back to Aristotle's classification of the five main senses, and helps us understand the science and technology behind sensory research today. A Tour of the Senses travels beyond our human senses. Henshaw describes artificial sensing technologies and instruments, unusual sensory abilities of the animal kingdom, and techniques for improving, rehabilitating, and even replacing sense organs. This entertaining introduction to sensory science is a clever mix of research findings and real-world stories that helps us understand the complex processes that turn sensory stimuli into sophisticated brain responses.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1: Stimulus
1. Electromagnetic Stimuli
2. Chemical Stimuli
3. Mechanical Stimuli
4. The Science of Sensation
Part 2: Sensation
5. Vision
6. The Chemical Senses
7. The Mechanical Senses
Part 3: Perception
8. Remembering the Present
9. Perception and Culture
10. Perception and Education
Bibliography
Index

""A Tour of the Senses is a fun book, which may be of interest to anyone who's ever wondered how the eye or ear works.""

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