The Five Senses and Beyond: The Encyclopedia of Perception

(Hardback)

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How do our human senses work and help us interact with our surroundings, and what happens when these senses malfunction or are impaired This book provides in-depth information that answers these questions and more. The Five Senses and Beyond: The Encyclopedia of Perception supplies students and general readers with accurate, up-to-date information about the human senses. It explains the "big five" senses in detail as well as lesser-known but important sensesperceptions such as balance, kinesthesia, temperature, and pain. After a helpful introduction, this reference work provides A-to-Z, cross-referenced entries on hundreds of topics in the realm of human perception that allow students to find and digest information quickly and draw connections between related topics. Through the use of activity sidebars, readers will also be able to explore the workings of the senses firsthand, lending an element of interactivity to this accessible encyclopedia. A convenient end-of-volume glossary provides definitions of unfamiliar terms.

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Undergraduate college students studying anatomy, bioengineering, cytology, etiology, neurology, and other sensory related sciences will benefit from entries in The Five Senses and Beyond. This title will also be beneficial to health librarians. Recommended. * ARBA *

Author Bio

Jennifer L. Hellier, PhD, is assistant professor in the Departments of Family Medicine and Cell & Developmental Biology at the University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO.