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Foundations of Sensory Science

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  1. H. Autrum

    1. Zoologisches Institut, Universität München, München 2, Germany

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  2. L. M. Beidler

    1. Department of Biological Science, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA

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  3. H. Davis

    1. Central Institute for the Deaf, St. Louis, USA

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  4. H. Engström

    1. Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, University Hospital, Uppsala 14, Sweden

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  5. G. A. Fry

    1. College of Optometry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

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  6. R. Granit

    1. The Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 60, Sweden

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  7. W. D. Keidel

    1. Institut für Physiologie und Biokybernetik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

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  8. D. R. Kenshalo

    1. Department of Psychology, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA

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  9. O. Lowenstein

    1. Neurocommunications Research Unit, The Medical School, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, Great Britain

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  10. C. Pfaffmann

    1. The Rockefeller University, New York, USA

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  11. L. A. Riggs

    1. Walter S. Hunter Laboratory of Psychology, Brown University, Providence, USA

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  12. D. Schneider

    1. Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie Seewiesen, Seewiesen, Germany

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  13. T. Tomita

    1. Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan

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  14. W. D. Wright

    1. Radlett, Herts, Great Britain

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  15. J. J. Zwislocki

    1. Institute for Sensory Research, Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA

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  1. William W. Dawson

    1. Department of Ophthalmology College of Medicine, University of Florida J. Hillis Miller Health Center, Gainesville, USA

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  2. Jay M. Enoch

    1. School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, USA

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  3. The Development of Auditory Neurophysiology

    • Hallowell Davis
    Pages 25-64

  4. Microstructure of the Inner Ear

    • Hans Engström
    Pages 65-107

  5. Biophysics of the Mammalian Ear

    • Jozef J. Zwislocki
    Pages 109-150

  6. Neurophysiology of the Retina

    • Tsuneo Tomita
    Pages 151-190

  8. The Perception of Light and Colour

    • W. David Wright
    Pages 229-258

  9. Binocular Vision

    • Glenn A. Fry
    Pages 259-277

  10. Optics and Vision

    • Glenn A. Fry
    Pages 279-308

  11. A Personal Vision

    • Ragnar Granit
    Pages 309-324

  13. A Personalized History of Taste Biophysics

    • Lloyd M. Beidler
    Pages 351-380

  14. Insect Olfaction—Our Research Endeavor

    • Dietrich Schneider
    Pages 381-418

  15. Cutaneous Temperature Sensitivity

    • Dan R. Kenshalo Sr.
    Pages 419-464

  16. The Sensory Detection of Vibrations

    • Wolf D. Keidel
    Pages 465-512

  17. Fifty Years of Vestibular Science

    • Otto Lowenstein
    Pages 513-553

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 555-580
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About this book

When seen from an outsider's vantage point, the development of knowledge in the sensory sciences must appear massive and the result of some carefully followed master plan. In reality, it is the result of numerous relatively independent human endeavors shaped by application of the scientific method. The comprehensive construction of quantitative theories of sense organ function has occurred only recently -but at an explosive rate prefaced by centuries of expansion in the physical sciences. Predicated on this growth, the twentieth century may become known as the age of the biological sciences. With the exception of a modest number of intellectual giants, there were few contributors to the foundations of the sensory sciences before the dawn of this century. At least 90% of existing knowledge has been produced by scientists working in laboratories founded since 1920. If any single scientist and his laboratory may be identified with the growth in the sensory sciences, it is EDGAR DOUGLAS ADRIAN, First Baron of Cambridge and leader of the Physiological Laboratory at Cambridge University, England. Lord ADRIAN'S influence upon the sensory sciences was great, not only in terms of his contribution to knowledge itself but also through the influence which he exerted upon numerous young scientists who spent weeks or years at the Cambridge laboratory and who later returned to their homelands and colleagues with the seeds of vigorous research and quantitative inquiry firmly implanted.
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Authors, Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Ophthalmology College of Medicine, University of Florida J. Hillis Miller Health Center, Gainesville, USA

    William W. Dawson

  • School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, USA

    Jay M. Enoch

  • Zoologisches Institut, Universität München, München 2, Germany

    H. Autrum

  • Department of Biological Science, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA

    L. M. Beidler

  • Central Institute for the Deaf, St. Louis, USA

    H. Davis

  • Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, University Hospital, Uppsala 14, Sweden

    H. Engström

  • College of Optometry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

    G. A. Fry

  • The Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 60, Sweden

    R. Granit

  • Institut für Physiologie und Biokybernetik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

    W. D. Keidel

  • Department of Psychology, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA

    D. R. Kenshalo

  • Neurocommunications Research Unit, The Medical School, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, Great Britain

    O. Lowenstein

  • The Rockefeller University, New York, USA

    C. Pfaffmann

  • Walter S. Hunter Laboratory of Psychology, Brown University, Providence, USA

    L. A. Riggs

  • Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie Seewiesen, Seewiesen, Germany

    D. Schneider

  • Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan

    T. Tomita

  • Radlett, Herts, Great Britain

    W. D. Wright

  • Institute for Sensory Research, Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA

    J. J. Zwislocki

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Foundations of Sensory Science

  • Authors: H. Autrum, L. M. Beidler, H. Davis, H. Engström, G. A. Fry, R. Granit, W. D. Keidel, D. R. Kenshalo, O. Lowenstein, C. Pfaffmann, L. A. Riggs, D. Schneider, T. Tomita, W. D. Wright, … J. J. Zwislocki

  • Editors: William W. Dawson, Jay M. Enoch

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69425-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-69427-1Published: 14 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-69425-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 580

  • Additional Information: Considered as Supplement to the: Handbook of Sensory Physiology

  • Topics: Ophthalmology, Human Physiology, Neurosciences

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