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020 _a9781139016001 (ebook)
020 _z9780521812665 (hardback)
020 _z9780521012027 (paperback)
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_beng
_erda
_cUkCbUP
050 0 0 _aQP431
_b.B59 2012
082 0 0 _a612.8084/6
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100 1 _aBossomaier, Terry R. J.
_q(Terry Richard John),
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aIntroduction to the senses :
_bfrom biology to computer science /
_cTerry R.J. Bossomaier.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2012.
300 _a1 online resource (x, 345 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aAn understanding of the senses - vision, hearing, touch, chemical and other non-human senses - is important not only for many fields of biology but also in applied areas such as human computer interaction, robotics and computer games. Using information theory as a unifying framework, this is a wide-ranging survey of sensory systems, covering all known senses. The book draws on three unifying principles to examine senses: the Nyquist sampling theorem; Shannon's information theory; and the creation of different streams of information to subserve different tasks. This framework is used to discuss the fascinating role of sensory adaptation in the context of environment and lifestyle. Providing a fundamental grounding in sensory perception, the book then demonstrates how this knowledge can be applied to the design of human-computer interfaces and virtual environments. It is an ideal resource for both graduate and undergraduate students of biology, engineering (robotics) and computer science.
650 0 _aSenses and sensation.
650 0 _aHuman-machine systems.
650 0 _aPerception.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521812665
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139016001
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