Since 1978 this textbook, to the gratification of its authors and publisher, has found an undiminished readership. Recent research in sensory physiology has pro

Since the first English edition of this book appeared three years ago, the authors have received many useful comments from readers. In preparing this amended ed

This comprehensive introduction to the senses explains how physical stimuli are transformed into signals in the nervous system and how the brain uses those sign

The English edition of this book has been prepared from the third Gem1an edition published in December 1974. The first two German editions, published in 1971 an