Tag: Perception

Free Download Gesualdo M. Zucco, Rachel S. Herz, Benoist Schaal, "Olfactory Cognition: From Perception and Memory to Environmental Odours and Neuroscience"
English | 2012 | pages: 338 | ISBN: 9027213518 | PDF | 9,2 mb
This book was conceived as a tribute to one of the founders of the psychological study of the sense of smell, Professor Trygg Engen. The book is divided into four sections. The first reunites the fields of psychophysics and the perception of environmental odours and discusses the impact of odours on beliefs and expectations. The second addresses cognitive processes in olfaction, how odours are interpreted, lexicalized, associated with contexts and remembered. The third focuses on the cerebral bases of olfactory awareness and the neuropsychological investigation of olfaction with special emphasis on olfactory dysfunctions, and the last concerns affective and developmental processes in olfaction. The aim in producing this book is that it will help promote further research in olfactory cognition and attract new inquisitive scientists to the field. The volume will be a useful resource for academics, students, and professionals who study olfaction, as well as to scientists who work in the domains of perception, cognitive neuroscience and environmental psychology more broadly.

Free Download From Perception to Communication
by Cooper, Robin;
English | 2023 | ISBN: 0192871315 | 464 pages | True PDF | 9.68 MB

Free Download Entrepreneurial Communication in Agriculture: The Probing and Perception
by Roy, Sankhyashree;
English | 2023 | ISBN: 9352220471 | 225 pages | True PDF | 11.55 MB

Free Download Jeremy Robbins, "Arts of Perception: The Epistemological Mentality of the Spanish Baroque, 1580-1720"
English | 2006 | pages: 301 | ISBN: 041541153X, 0415860296 | PDF | 116,0 mb
Arts of Perception offers a new account of a key period in Spanish history and culture and a fundamental reassessment of its major writers and intellectuals, including Gracián, Quevedo, Calderón, Saavedra Fajardo, López de Vega, and Sor Juana.

J. Alstan Jakubiec, "Comfort and Perception in Architecture "
English | ISBN: 9811017735 | 2022 | 122 pages | EPUB, PDF | 37 MB + 5 MB
This book discusses the design of comfortable buildings and shows that design perception and, as a result, comfort should be an intentional feature of architectural design. Modern buildings are often sealed boxes without operable windows or daylighting design. However, contemporary designers increasingly find themselves faced with the task of creating spaces that are comfortable in terms of thermal and visual aspects.

Steven Yantis, "Sensation and Perception"
English | ISBN: 1464111707 | 2016 | 640 pages | PDF | 65 MB
Learn more about how we sense and perceive the world around us by understanding the connections between mind, brain, and behavior in the realm of sensation and perception conveyed through classic findings and cutting-edge research included in Sensation and Perception.

Professor Francis B. Colvita, "Sensation, Perception and the Aging Process"
English | 2006 | pages: 91 | ISBN: 1598032283 | PDF | 1,9 mb
Why is it that we react to the world the way we do, not only in ways similar to other people, but in ways often dramatically different, as well, no matter which of our senses is involved? And how is it that the physically adventurous young person you remember being – whose greatest passion was riding the scariest roller coaster imaginable – somehow grew into an adult whose stomach begins to churn nervously at even the thought of such a ride? The answer, of course, is that each of us – whether a different person or a more recent model of ourselves – isn’t reacting to the same world at all. For though the physical world we occupy may be identical, the reality we experience is very different. The truth is, our various sensory systems can be altered over time, their acuity changing in response to aging or injury, life experiences, evolving personalities, and other factors. And in this series of 24 fascinating lectures, an acclaimed teacher and psychologist gives you a bio-psychological perspective on both the way we humans navigate and react to the world around us and an understanding of the ways in which that process is ever-changing. Rich in science, potent examples, and anecdotes, the lectures explore subjects like how we see, hear, smell, taste, or touch; keep our balance, and understand exactly where we are in space. You’ll learn about motor memory, the ways in which our bodies process pain, and even why our taste in food changes over time. Whether exploring the complex structures of the brain or inner ear, or using humorous personal stories to illustrate a point, Professor Colavita delivers a course that informs, entertains, and even prepares us for the changes that lie ahead.

Perception and Idealism: An Essay on How the World Manifests Itself to Us, and How It (Probably) Is in Itself by Howard Robinson
English | February 17, 2023 | ISBN: 019284556X | 256 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Perception and Idealism takes up two long-standing philosophical problems: how perception makes objects manifest to us, and what the world must be like for objects to be manifest in that way. Part I addresses the nature of perception. A detailed discussion of contemporary versions of naïve realist and of intentionalist theories is provided, and refutations offered of both. Robinson argues that sense-datum theory is not subject to any of the vices normally attributed to it, but in fact allows one to say that we directly perceive objects as being the way that they naturally manifest themselves to creatures like us. The sense-datum theory can be reconciled with a form of direct realism, once one understands properly the cognitive and the phenomenal components in perception, a relationship which intentionalist theories confuse. As perception makes us aware of objects as they manifest themselves to us, this leaves open the question of what they are like in themselves. This is the topic of Part II. A variety of realist conceptions of the material world are considered and found to be either empty or less plausible than idealism: the ‘powers’ conception of matter, Lewis’s quiddities, Esfeld’s ‘matter points’, and quantum theory. The problem of giving a realist account of space is also developed. Turning to mentalist options, simple phenomenalism and panpsychism are discussed and rejected. Robinson concludes that Berkeley’s theistic phenomenalism, or idealism, is the most plausible account.

Japan’s Threat Perception during the Cold War: A Psychological Account (The Cold War in Asia) by Eitan Oren
English | February 10, 2023 | ISBN: 1032148292 | 142 pages | PDF | 1,6 MB
Oren re-examines Japan’s threat perception during the first two decades of the Cold War, using a wide range of source materials, including many unavailable in English, or only recently declassified.

Johan Gersel, Rasmus Thybo Jensen, Morten S. Thaning, "In the Light of Experience: New Essays on Perception and Reasons"
English | 2018 | pages: 295 | ISBN: 0198809638 | PDF | 1,7 mb
How does the idea that perception must provide reasons for our empirical judgements constrain our conception of our perceptual experiences? This volume presents eleven new essays on perception which in different ways address this fundamental question. Charles Travis and John McDowell debate whether we need to ascribe content to experience in order to understand how it can provide the subject with reasons. Other essays address issues such as the following: What exactly is the Myth of the Given and why should it be worthwhile to try to avoid it? What constitutes our experiential reasons? Is it experiences themselves, the objects of experiences, or facts about our experiences? Should we conceive of experiential reasons as conclusive reasons? How should we conceive of the fallibility of our perceptual capacities if we think of experiences as capable of providing conclusive reasons? How should we conceive of the objects of experience? The contributors offer a variety of views on the