In recent years, significant, indeed dramatic, advances have occurred in the study of perception. These have been made possible by, and, in fact, in clude methodological advances such as the development of signal detection theory and the application of linear systems analysis to auditory and visual per ception. They are reflected in an interest in the study of ecologically valid perceptual problems, e. g. , control of locomotion, speech perception, reading, perceptual-motor coordination, and perception of events. At the same time, exciting new insights have been gained to some of the classical problems of perception-stereoscopic vision, color vision, attention, position constancy, to mention a few. A broad, comparative approach to perception has also been taken. This approach, which includes the detailed study of human infant per ception as well as cross-cultural and cross-species investigations, has given us a very broad perspective of the perceptual process. In this context, the present volume inaugurates a new series entitled' 'Per ception and Perceptual Development: A Critical Review Series. " The editors are particularly gratified by the enthusiastic support for their ideas by Seymour Weingarten of Plenum Press. He and the editorial staff of Plenum Press have been of immense help in initiating the series as well as helping with the details of this first volume. In recent years, significant, indeed dramatic, advances have occurred in the study of perception. These have been made possible by, and, in fact, inƯ clude methodological advances such as the development of signal detection theory and the application of linear systems analysis to auditory and visual perƯ ception. They are reflected in an interest in the study of ecologically valid perceptual problems, e. g., control of locomotion, speech perception, reading, perceptual-motor coordination, and perception of events. At the same time, exciting new insights have been gained to some of the classical problems of perception-stereoscopic vision, color vision, attention, position constancy, to mention a few. A broad, comparative approach to perception has also been taken. This approach, which includes the detailed study of human infant perƯ ception as well as cross-cultural and cross-species investigations, has given us a very broad perspective of the perceptual process. In this context, the present volume inaugurates a new series entitled' 'PerƯ ception and Perceptual Development: A Critical Review Series." The editors are particularly gratified by the enthusiastic support for their ideas by Seymour Weingarten of Plenum Press. He and the editorial staff of Plenum Press have been of immense help in initiating the series as well as helping with the details of this first volume Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv Front Matter....Pages 1-5 Altered Early Environment: Effects on the Brain and Visual Behavior....Pages 7-36 Effect of Early Visual Experience on the Development of Certain Perceptual Abilities in Animals and Man....Pages 37-75 Depth Perception and Experience....Pages 77-103 Auditory Environment and Vocal Development in Birds....Pages 105-118 Front Matter....Pages 119-124 Role of Linguistic Experience in the Perception of Speech....Pages 125-169 Cultural Effects on Pictorial Perception: How Many Words Is One Picture Really Worth?....Pages 171-212 Visual Impairment and the Development of Perceptual Ability....Pages 213-240 Perceptual Effects of Deafness....Pages 241-259 Front Matter....Pages 261-268 Effects of Exposure to Spatially Distorted Stimuli....Pages 269-305 Effects of Selective Adaptation on the Perception of Speech and Visual Patterns: Evidence for Feature Detectors....Pages 307-345 Development of Form Perception in Repeated Brief Exposures to Visual Stimuli....Pages 347-360 Stimuli, the Perceiver, and Perception....Pages 361-385 A Perceptual View of Conceptual Development....Pages 387-416 Back Matter....Pages 417-432
