Sensation and Perception 9th Edition by Bruce Goldstein

Exercise 3

Even though the senses of vision and cutaneous perception are different in many ways, there are a number of parallels between them. Cite examples of parallels between vision and cutaneous sensations (touch and pain) for the following: "tuned" receptors, mechanisms of detail perception, receptive fields, plasticity (how changing the environment influences properties of the system), and top-down processing. Also, can you think of situations in which vision and touch interact with one another?