Kevin J. Munro
Contributor
Website : SAGE Publications
Ewing Professor of Audiology, University of Manchester. His contributions to SAGE Publications's Encyclopedia of Perception (2010) formed the basis of his contributions to Britannica.
Primary Contributions (1)
Audiology, the study, assessment, prevention, and treatment of disorders of hearing and balance. Clinical audiology is concerned primarily with the assessment of the function of the human ear, which affects hearing sensitivity and balance. The characterization of specific losses in hearing or…
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Publications (1)
Encyclopedia of Perception (October 2009)
The field of perception is devoted to explaining the operation of the senses and the experiences and behaviors resulting from stimulation of the senses. Perceptual processes such as recognizing faces, seeing color, hearing music, and feeling pain represent the actions of complex mechanisms, yet we usually do them easily. The Encyclopedia of Perception presents a comprehensive overview of the field of perception through authoritative essays written by leading researchers and theoreticians in psychology,...
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