The Cambridge Handbook of Applied Perception Research

Robert R. Hoffman, Peter A. Hancock, Mark W. Scerbo, Raja Parasuraman, James L. Szalma

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2015
• eBook ISBN: 9781139991254
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
• Index: Psychology

The Cambridge Handbook of Applied Perception Research covers core areas of research in perception with an emphasis on its application to real-world environments. Topics include multisensory processing of information, time perception, sustained attention, and signal detection, as well as pedagogical issues surrounding the training of applied perception researchers. In addition to familiar topics, such as perceptual learning, the Handbook focuses on emerging areas of importance, such as human-robot coordination, haptic interfaces, and issues facing societies in the twenty-first century (such as terrorism and threat detection, medical errors, and the broader implications of automation). Organized into sections representing major areas of theoretical and practical importance for the application of perception psychology to human performance and the design and operation of human-technology interdependence, it also addresses the challenges to basic research, including the problem of quantifying information, defining cognitive resources, and theoretical advances in the nature of attention and perceptual processes.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Reviews
• Title page
• Copyright information
• Table of contents
• List of contributors
• About the Editors
• Dedication
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Part I Background and Methodology
• Part II Attention and Perceptual Processes
• Part III Perception and Modality
• Part IV Perception in Context
• Part V Perception and Design
• Part VI Perception and Domains of Work and Professional Practice
• Part VII Individual and Population Differences
• Part VIII Pedagogical and Professional Issues
• Author Index
• Subject Index
• Color Plates