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This chapter describes how information from the three-dimensional, ‘real’ world, received through our senses, is processed to provide a basis for our interaction with the environment. The focus will be upon visual perception, though much of what is discussed applies equally to the other senses. Perception can be said to be the process by which data from the environment is interpreted to allow us to make sense of it.
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Further reading
Wade, N.J. and Swanston, M. (1991). Visual Perception. London: Routledge. The core of this book is the function which visual perception serves for an active observer in a three-dimensional environment.
Gregory, R.L. (1996). Eye and Brain, 5th edn. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This has become a classic reference for the relationship between sensation and perception.
Serpell, R. (1970). Culture’s Influence on Behaviour. London: Methuen. An excellent reference for cross-cultural studies into the nature or nurture of perception.
Smith et al. (1998). Understanding Children’s Development, 3rd edn. Oxford: Blackwell. Chapter 9 contains a very useful account of research into the development of perception.
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Malim, T., Birch, A. (1998). Perception. In: Introductory Psychology. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14186-9_16
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