Sensory Individuals: Unimodal and Multimodal Perspectives

Sensory Individuals: Unimodal and Multimodal Perspectives provides an interdisciplinary exploration of unisensory and multisensory objects, combining philosophical analysis and empirical work to demonstrate that perception is multi-modal, modality-independent, meta-modal, and task-dependent. It examines the basic building blocks of human perception and challenges traditional views of sensory modality.

Format: Hardback
Length: 448 pages
Publication date: 27 July 2023
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Sensory Individuals: Unimodal and Multimodal Perspectives offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary exploration of unisensory and multisensory objects, employing a balanced approach that combines nuanced philosophical analysis with informed empirical research. This book represents a significant advancement in the field, moving from a modality-specific perspective to a current understanding that perception and its underlying neural processes are multi-modal, modality-independent, meta-modal, and task-dependent. While these approaches acknowledge the existence of modality-specific characteristics within sensory stimuli, properties, brain activations, and corresponding perceptual phenomenology, they also recognize the broader context of multimodal perception.

The book delves into the fundamental components of human perception, examining whether they can be best understood as distinct sensory modality-dependent units or as multimodal perceptual objects. By employing a variety of innovative and integrative angles, the book serves as a catalyst for an expanding field of research that is experiencing rapid growth and advancement. New questions are emerging at an unprecedented pace, while the collection Sensory Individuals provides a fresh and up-to-date addition to this dynamic field.

Dimension: 246 x 171 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780198866305