I. Basic Features.- A. Feature Filters and Channels.- 1 Channels in Vision: Basic Aspects.- 2 Spatial Frequency Channels: Neural Mechanisms.- 3 Physiological Basis of Motion Perception.- 4 Form-Color Aftereffects in Human Vision.- 5 Phonetic Perception.- B. Depth and Distance.- 6 Primary Distance Perception.- 7 Global Stereopsis: Cooperative Phenomena in Stereoscopic Depth Perception.- C. Developmental Processes and Species Comparison.- 8 Mechanisms of Shape-Recognition Among Vertebrates.- 9 Ethological Aspects of Auditory Pattern Recognition.- 10 Visual Competence in Early Infancy.- 11 Developmental Aspects of Speech Perception.- D. Effects of Deprivation.- 12 Maturation and Modification in the Developing Visual System.- 13 Sensory Deprivation and Visual Discrimination.- 14 Form Perception and Related Issues in Blind Humans.- II. Complex Aspects of Perception.- A. Spatially Distributed Patterns.- 15 Human Perception of Patterns and Objects.- 16 Visual Illusions.- 17 Figurai Aftereffects.- 18 Face Perception: A Review of Experiments with Infants, Normal Adults, and Brain-Injured Persons.- B. Temporal Patterns.- I. Speech Perception.- 19 Word and Sentence Perception.- 2. Spatio — Temporal Pattern.- 20 Visual Masking.- 21 Apparent Movement.- 22 Visual Event Perception.- 23 Time Perception.- 24 Perceptual Aspects of the Reading Process and Its Development.- C. Intermodal Effects.- 25 Visual — Vestibular Interaction: Effects on Self-Motion Perception and Postural Control.- 26 Some Mechanisms Underlying Sensory and Postural Stability in Man.- D. The Problem of Pain.- 27 Pain Perception in Man.- E. Perceptual Effects of Cerebral Lesions.- 28 The Brain and Human Behavior.- Author Index.