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Unit 4:Sensation and Perception

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Sensing the World: Some Basic Principles

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Introduction

●Sensation●Perception●Are one continuous process

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Sensation

= the process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment.

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Perception

= the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events.

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Introduction

●Bottom-up processing ●Top-down processing

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Bottom-up processing

= analysis that begins with the sensory receptors and works up to the brain’s integration of sensory information.

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Top-down processing

= information processing guided by higher-level mental processes, as when we construct perceptions drawing on our experience and expectations.

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Selective Attention

●Selective Attention ●Cocktail party effect

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Selective attention

= the focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus.

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Selective AttentionSelective Attention and Accidents

●Cell phone use and car accidents

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Selective AttentionSelective Inattention

●Inattentional blindness ●Video examples

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Inattentional blindness

= failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere.

Show video

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Selective AttentionSelective Inattention

●Change blindness ●Change deafness●Choice blindness●Choice-blindness- blindness

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Change blindness

= failing to notice changes in the environment

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Pop-Out phenomenon

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Thresholds

●Psychophysics

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Psychophysics

= the study of relationships between the physical characteristics of stimuli, such as their intensity, and our psychological experience of them.

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ThresholdsAbsolute Thresholds

●Absolute threshold ●50 % of the time

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Absolute threshold

= the minimum stimulation necessary to detect a particular stimulus 50% of the time.

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ThresholdsSignal Detection

●Signal-detection theory ●Ratio of “hits” to “false alarms”

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Signal detection theory

= a theory predicting how and when we detect the presence of a faint stimulus (signal) amid background stimulation (noise). Assumes there is no absolute threshold and that detection depends partly on a person’s experience, expectations, motivation, and altertness.

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ThresholdsSubliminal Stimulation

●Subliminal (below threshold) ●Priming●Masking stimulus●Subliminal persuasion

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Subliminal

= below one’s absolute threshold for conscious awareness.

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Priming

= the activation, often unconsciously, of certain associations, thus predisposing one’s perception, memory, or response.

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ThresholdsDifference Thresholds

●Difference threshold NC●Just noticeable difference (jnd)●Weber’s Law NC

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Difference threshold

= the minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection. We experience the difference threshold as a just noticeable difference (jnd).

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Weber’s law

= the principle that, to be perceived as different, two stimuli must differ by a constant percentage (rather than a constant amount).

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Just noticeable difference

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Sensory Adaptation

●Sensory Adaptation●Informative changes●Reality versus usefulness

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Sensory adaptation

= diminished sensitivity as a consequence of constant stimulation.

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Vision

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The Stimulus Input: Light Energy

●Transduction (transform)●Wavelength●Hue (color)●Wavelength●Intensity●Wave amplitude

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Electromagnetic Energy Spectrum

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The Physical Property of Waves

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Transduction

= conversion of one form of energy into another. In sensation, the transforming of stimulus energies, such as sights, sounds, and smells into neural impulses our brains can interpret.

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Wavelength

= the distance from the peak of one light or sound wave to the peak of the next. Electromagnetic wavelengths vary from the short blips of comic rays to the long pulses of radio transmission.

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Hue

= the dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue, green, and so forth.

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Intensity

= the amount of energy in a light or sound wave, which we perceive as brightness or loudness, as determined by the wave’s amplitude.

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The Eye

●Cornea●Pupil●Iris●Lens●accommodation●Retina

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The Structure of the Eye

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Pupil

= the adjustable opening in the center of the eye through which lights enters.

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Iris

= a ring of muscle tissue that forms the colored portion of the eye around the pupil and controls the size of the pupil opening.

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Lens

= the transparent structure behind the pupil that changes shape to help focus the images on the retina.

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Retina

= the light-sensitive inner surface of the eye, containing the receptor rods and cones plus layers of neurons that begin the processing of visual information.

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Accommodation

= the process by which the eye’s lens changes shape to focus near or far objects on the retina.

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The EyeThe Retina

●RodsRods and Cones

RodsCones

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Rods versus Cones

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The Retina’s Reaction to Light

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Rods

= retinal receptors that detect black, white, and gray; necessary for peripheral and twilight vision, when cones don’t respond.

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Cones

= retinal receptor cells that are concentrated near the center of the retina and that function in daylight or in well-lit conditions. The cones detect fine detail and give rise to color sensations.

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Optic Nerve

= the nerve that carries neural impulses from the eye to the brain.

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Blind Spot

= the point at which the optic nerve leaves the eye, creating a “blind” spot because no receptor cells are located there.

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Fovea

= the central focal point in the retina, around which the eye’s cones cluster.

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The Structure of the Eye

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The EyeThe Retina

●Optic nerve●Blind spot●Fovea

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The Structure of the Eye

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Pathways from the eyes to the visual cortex

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Visual Information ProcessingFeature Detection

●Feature detectors

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Feature detectors

= nerve cells in the brain that respond to specific features of the stimulus, such as shape, angle, or movement.

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Visual Information ProcessingParallel Processing

●Parallel processing●Blind sight

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Parallel processing

= the processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously; the brain’s natural mode of information processing for many functions, including vision. Contrasts with the step-by-step (serial) processing of most computers and of conscious problem solving.

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Visual information processing

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Visual information processing

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Color Vision

●Young-Helmholtz trichromatic (three color) theory●Red – Green - Blue●Monochromatic vision●Dichromatic vision

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Young-Helmholtz trichromatic (three-color) theory

= the theory that the retina contains three different color receptors – one most sensitive to red, one to green, one to blue – which, when stimulated in combination can produce the perception of any color.

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Color Vision

●Opponent-process theory●Three sets of colors●Red-green●Blue-yellow●Black-white●Afterimage

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Opponent-process theory

= the theory that opposing retinal processes (red-green, yellow-blue, white-black) enable color vision. For example, some cells are stimulated by green and inhibited by red; others are stimulated by red and inhibited by green.

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After image

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Hearing

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The Stimulus Input: Sound Waves

●Audition●Amplitude●loudness●Frequency●Pitch

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Audition

= the sense or act of hearing.

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The Ear

●Outer ear●Auditory canal●Ear drum

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Frequency

= the number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a given time (i.e. per second).

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Pitch

= a tone’s experienced highness or lowness; depends on frequency.

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Middle Ear

= the chamber between the eardrum and cochlea containing three tiny bones (hammer, anvil, and stirrup) that concentrate the vibrations of the eardrum on the cochlea’s oval window.

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Cochlea

= a coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear through which sound waves trigger nerve impulses.

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Inner ear

= the innermost part of the ear, containing the cochlea, semicircular canals, and vestibular sacs.

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The structure of the ear

The ear is divided into the outer, middle and inner ear.

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The structure of the ear

The sound waves travel down the auditory canal to the eardrum.

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The structure of the ear

Eardrum = tight membrane that vibrates when struck by sound waves.

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The structure of the ear

Eardrum

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The Ear

●Middle ear●Hammer, anvil, stirrup

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The structure of the ear

Bones of the middle ear = the hammer, anvil, stirrup which vibrate with the eardrum.

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The structure of the ear

Hammer

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The structure of the ear

Anvil

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The structure of the ear

Cochlea = a coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear through which sound waves trigger nerve impulses.

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The Ear

●Inner ear●Oval window

●Cochlea●Basilar membrane

●Auditory nerve●Auditory cortex

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The structure of the ear

Cochlea

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The structure of the ear

Auditory nerve = nerve which sends the auditory message to the brain via the thalamus.

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The structure of the ear

Auditory nerve

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Neural impulse to the brain

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The EarPerceiving Loudness

●Basilar membrane’s hair cells●Compressed sound

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Cochlea and loud sounds

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The EarPerceiving Pitch

●Place theory●High pitched sounds●Frequency theory●Low pitched sounds●Volley principle

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Place theory

= in hearing, the theory that links the pitch we hear with the place where the cochlea’s membrane is stimulated.

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Frequency theory

= in hearing, the theory that the rate of nerve impulses traveling up the auditory nerve matches the frequency of a tone, thus enabling us to sense its pitch.

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Cochlea implant

= a device for converting sounds into electrical signals and stimulating the auditory nerve through electrodes threaded into the cochlea.

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The EarLocating Sounds

●Stereophonic hearing●Localization of sounds●Intensity●Speed of the sound

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Hearing Loss and Deaf Culture

●Hearing loss●Conduction hearing loss●Sensorineural hearing loss●Cochlea implant●Signing

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Conduction hearing loss

= hearing loss caused by damage to the mechanical system that conducts sound waves to the cochlea.●Problems with the eardrum or three bones of the middle ear.

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Sensorineural hearing loss

= hearing loss caused by damage to the cochlea’s receptor cells or to the auditory nerves; also called nerve deafness.

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Other Senses

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Kinethesis

= the system for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts.

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Touch

●Types of touch●Pressure●Warmth●Cold●Pain●Sensation of hot

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Touch

●Rubber hand illusion

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Touch

●Kinesthesis●Vestibular sense●Semicircular canals

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Vestibular sense

= the sense of body movement and position, including the sense of balance.

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Semicircular Canals

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PainUnderstanding Pain

●Biological Influences●Noiceptors●Gate-control theory●Endorphins●Phantom limb sensations●Tinnitus

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Gate-control theory

= the theory that the spinal cord contains a neurological “gate” that blocks pain signals or allows them to pass on to the brain. The “gate” is opened by the activity of pain signals traveling up small nerve fibers and is closed by activity in larger fibers or by information coming from the brain.

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The pain circuit

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PainUnderstanding Pain

●Psychological Influences●Rubber-hand illusion●Memories of pain

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PainUnderstanding Pain

●Social-Cultural Influences

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Biopsychosocial approach to pain

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PainControlling Pain

●Physical methods●Psychological methods

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Taste

●Sweet, sour, salty and bitter●Umami●Taste buds●Chemical sense●Age and taste

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TasteSensory Interaction

●Sensory interaction●Interaction of smell and taste●McGurk Effect●Interaction of other senses

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Sensory interaction

= the principle that one sense may influence another, as when the smell of food influences its taste.

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Smell

●Olfaction●Chemical sense●Odor molecules●Olfactory bulb●Olfactory nerve

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Smell (olfaction)

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Smell and age

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Smell and age

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Perceptual Organization

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Introduction

●Gestalt (form or whole)

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Form PerceptionFigure and Ground

●Figure-ground

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Gestalt

= an organized whole. Gestalt psychologists emphasized our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes.

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Figure-ground

= the organization of the visual field into objects (the figures) that stand out from their surroundings (the ground).

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Form PerceptionGrouping

●Grouping●Proximity●Similarity●Continuity●Connectedness●Closure

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Form PerceptionGrouping

●Grouping●Proximity●Similarity●Continuity●Connectedness●Closure

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Grouping

= the perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups.

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Form PerceptionGrouping - Proximity

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Form PerceptionGrouping - Similarity

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Form PerceptionGrouping - Continuity

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Form PerceptionGrouping - Connectedness

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Form PerceptionGrouping - Closure

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Depth Perception

●Depth perception●Visual-cliff

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Depth perception

= the ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike the retina are two-dimensional; allows us to judge distance.

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Visual cliff

= a laboratory device for testing depth perception in infants and young animals.

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Retinal disparity

= a binocular cue for perceiving depth. By comparing images from the retinas in the two eyes, the brain computes distance – the greater the disparity (difference) between the two images, the closer the object.

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Depth PerceptionBinocular Cues

●Binocular cues●Retinal disparity

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Binocular cues

= depth cues, such as retinal disparity, that depend on the use of two eyes.

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Depth PerceptionMononocular Cues

●Monocular cues●Horizontal-vertical illusion

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Depth PerceptionMononocular Cues

●Monocular cues●Relative height●Relative size●Interposition●Linear perspective●Relative motion●Light and shadow

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Monocular cues

= depth cues, such as interposition and linear perspective, available to either eye alone.

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Depth PerceptionMononocular Cues – Relative Height

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Depth PerceptionMononocular Cues – Relative Size

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Depth PerceptionMononocular Cues - Interposition

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Depth PerceptionMononocular Cues – Linear Perspective

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Depth PerceptionMononocular Cues – Relative Motion

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Depth PerceptionMononocular Cues – Light and Shadow

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Motion Perception

●Stroboscopic movement●Phi phenomenon

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Phi phenomenon

= an illusion of movement created when two or more adjacent lights blink on and off in quick succession.

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Perceptual Constancy

●Perceptual Constancy

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Perceptual constancy

= perceiving objects as unchanging (having consistent shapes, size, lightness, and color) even as illumination and retinal images change.

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Perceptual ConstancyShape and Size Constancies

●Shape constancy

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Perceptual ConstancyShape and Size Constancies

●Size constancy●Moon illusion●Ponzo illusion

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Ames Room

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Ames Room

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Perceptual ConstancyLightness Constancy

●Lightness constancy●Brightness constancy●Relative luminance

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Perceptual ConstancyColor Constancy

●Color constancy●Surrounding context●Surrounding objects

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Color constancy

= perceiving familiar objects as having consistent color, even if changing illumination alters the wavelengths reflected by the object.

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Perceptual Interpretation

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Sensory Deprivation and Restored Vision

●Experiments on sensory deprivation●Critical period

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Perceptual Adaptation

●Perceptual adaptation●Displacement goggles

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Perceptual adaptation

= in vision, the ability to adjust to an artificially displaced or even inverted visual field.

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Perceptual Set

●Perceptual set●Mental predisposition●Schemas

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Perceptual set

= a mental disposition to perceive one thing and not another.

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Perceptual SetContext Effects

●Context effects

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Perceptual SetEmotion and Motivation

●Motivation on perception●Emotions on perception

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Perception is a Biopsychosocial Phenomenon

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Is There Extrasensory Perception?

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Claims of ESP

●Parapsychology●Extrasensory Perception●Telepathy●Clairvoyance●Precognition●Psychokinesis (PK)

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Parapsychology

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Parapsychology

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Parapsychology

= the study of paranormal phenomena, including ESP and psychokinesis.

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Extrasensory perception (ESP)

= the controversial claim that perception can occur apart from sensory input; includes telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition.

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Premonitions or Pretensions?

●Psychic predictions●Nostradamus

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Putting ESP to Experimental Test

●ESP Experiments