Ebook: Intersensory Perception and Sensory Integration

This volume on intersensory perception and sensory integration is the second volume of the series, Perception and Perceptual Development: A Critical Review Series. The topic of the volume is timely, for in recent years, many investigators have noted that information about any natural event is obtained by a perceiver from a variety of sources. Such an observation immediately leads to the question of how this information is synthesized and organized. Of course, the implication that there are several discrete input channels that must be processed has come under immediate attack by researchers such as the Gibsons. They find it extremely artificial to regard natural information as being cut up and requiring cementing. Nevertheless, the possibility that during ontogene­ sis, perception involves the integration of separate information has attracted the attention of scholars concerned with both normal and abnormal development. In the case of normal development, a lively controversy has arisen between those who believe perceptual develop­ ment goes from integration toward differentiation and those who hold the opposite view. In the case of abnormal psychological development such as learning disabilities, many workers have suggested that percep­ tual integration is at fault. In thinking about the issues raised in this volume, we are particularly indebted to our former teachers and colleagues: Eleanor and James Gibson, T. A. Ryan, Robert B. MacLeod, and Jerome Bruner. We are pleased to acknowledge the secretarial help of Karen Weeks in the preparation of this volume.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-3
The Ontogeny of Intermodal Relations: Vision and Touch in Infancy....Pages 5-36
The Origins of Auditory-Visual Perception and Visual Proprioception in Human Development....Pages 37-70
Integrating the Information from Eyes and Hands: A Developmental Account....Pages 71-108
The Developmental Significance of Cross-Modal Matching....Pages 109-136
Front Matter....Pages 137-142
Some Aspects of Sensory-Motor Control and Adaptation in Man....Pages 143-173
Visual-Proprioceptive Interactions....Pages 175-215
Multisensory Aspects of Rhythm....Pages 217-248
Gait Perception as an Example of How We May Perceive Events....Pages 249-273
Front Matter....Pages 275-279
Crossmodal and Intersensory Perception and the Blind....Pages 281-314
Coding Strategies of Normal and Handicapped Children....Pages 315-343
Sensory-Motor and Perceptual-Motor Theories and Practices: An Overview and Evaluation....Pages 345-373
Individual Differences in the Interaction of Vision and Proprioception....Pages 375-397
Back Matter....Pages 399-415

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-3
The Ontogeny of Intermodal Relations: Vision and Touch in Infancy....Pages 5-36
The Origins of Auditory-Visual Perception and Visual Proprioception in Human Development....Pages 37-70
Integrating the Information from Eyes and Hands: A Developmental Account....Pages 71-108
The Developmental Significance of Cross-Modal Matching....Pages 109-136
Front Matter....Pages 137-142
Some Aspects of Sensory-Motor Control and Adaptation in Man....Pages 143-173
Visual-Proprioceptive Interactions....Pages 175-215
Multisensory Aspects of Rhythm....Pages 217-248
Gait Perception as an Example of How We May Perceive Events....Pages 249-273
Front Matter....Pages 275-279
Crossmodal and Intersensory Perception and the Blind....Pages 281-314
Coding Strategies of Normal and Handicapped Children....Pages 315-343
Sensory-Motor and Perceptual-Motor Theories and Practices: An Overview and Evaluation....Pages 345-373
Individual Differences in the Interaction of Vision and Proprioception....Pages 375-397
Back Matter....Pages 399-415
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