Cognella Academic Publishing Sensation and Perception: From Cells to Awareness

About the Author Ashleigh M. Maxcey, Ph.D., is a visiting associate professor in the Department of Psychology at The Ohio State University, currently with a summer appointment at Vanderbilt University. She earned her master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Iowa with a specialization in cognition and perception. Dr. Maxcey’s current research examines how human memory functions. Product Description Sensation and Perception: From Cells to Awareness is an anthology comprised of classic and contemporary peer-reviewed journal articles related to sensation and perception, with special emphasis on vision, as it is well-researched and the most dominant of the five senses. The collection provides students with valuable instruction on how to read journal articles, comprehension questions to guide them through each article, and application questions to challenge their knowledge.  With the goal of helping students understand how science is conducted and reported, Sensation and Perception contains full-length articles rather than excerpts, so students can effectively study them in full and learn from the content and structure of each article. Students read research pertaining to mapping cortical receptive fields, statistical learning, color vision, action and perception, the auditory system, and more.  Novel in approach and immensely valuable to students who need experience reading, analyzing, and applying research for various programs or professions, this anthology is well suited for courses in sensation and perception, visual systems, and cognitive research methods.Ashleigh Maxcey, Ph.D., is a visiting associate professor in the Department of Psychology at The Ohio State University, currently with a summer appointment at Vanderbilt University. She earned her master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Iowa with a specialization in cognition and perception. Dr. Maxcey’s current research involves applying behavioral, transcranial direct-current stimulation, and electrophysiological techniques to understand how human memory functions. Visit her website at www.ashleighmaxcey.com. Review “The methods described in this book taught me strategies for reading and critically thinking about articles that helped me score in the 100th percentile on the MCAT. Success on the MCAT requires you to interpret complicated passages and apply the information you have studied to come to the correct answer. The methods in this book helped me practice this skill, significantly improving my MCAT score.” Samantha Stallkamp, Neuroscience Major, The Ohio State University, Class of 2019  “Ashleigh Maxcey has created a gem of a resource for instructors who teach an undergraduate perception course. The books provides an innovative, reader-friendly anthology comprising seminal papers selected for their engaging message, and their potential for dissection and critique. Topic areas cover the range one expects in a perception course, and state-of-the-art methods are highlighted in the various chapters. The rationale for the text is simple: students can learn most effectively when engaged in critical reading and analysis of actual research reports. Sensation and Perception: From Cells to Awareness could be used as a stand-alone platform for an entire course (as mentioned, the coverage is broad) or it could serve as a supplement to other more conventional reading assignments. Whichever you select, be prepared to discover that students rave about the novel approach.”  Randolph Blake, Ph.D. Centennial Professor and Associate Chair of Psychology Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Vanderbilt University  “Written in a clear and accessible style, [this text] explains how to actively engage and evaluate published scientific research and apply laboratory findings to the real world using cutting-edge example articles from the field of Sensation and Perception. Helpful reading comprehension, analytic, and application questi