Sensation, perception, and the aging process

by Colavita, Francis B.

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Title Statements

Full title :Sensation, perception, and the aging process / Francis B. Colavita.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2006.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):The Teaching Co
Place of Publication:Chantilly, VA
Language:eng
Publication Date:2006.

The Physical Object

Description:12 audio discs

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1598032283, 9781598032284
oclc:ocn864833504
Dewey Decimal:612.80846 COL

pt. 1. Sensation, perception, and behavior -- Sensation and perception -- a distinction -- Vision -- stimulus and the optical system -- Vision -- the retina -- Vision -- beyond the optic nerve -- Vision -- age-related changes -- Hearing -- stimulus and supporting structures -- Hearing -- the inner ear -- Hearing -- age-related changes -- The cutaneous system -- receptors, pathways -- The cutaneous system -- early development -- The cutaneous system -- age-related changes.

pt. 2. Pain -- early history -- Pain -- acupuncture, endorphines, and aging -- Taste -- stimulus, structures, and receptors -- Taste -- factors influencing preferences -- Smell -- the unappreciated sense -- Smell -- consequences of anosmia -- The vestibular system -- body orientation -- The kinesthetic sense -- motor memory -- Brain mechanisms and perception -- Perception of language -- The visual agnosias -- Perception of other people/course summary.