Download Perception Review - Introduction to Sensation and Perception - Lecture Slides and more Slides Brain and Cognitive Science in PDF only on Docsity! Perception Review Docsity.com Definitions • Sensation – the process by which stimuli are registered in the receptors • Perception – the conscious experience of objects and object relationships • Psychophysics – The study of the relationship between physical stimuli in the world and the sensations about them that we experience • Absolute Threshold – Boundary between detectable and undetectable stimuli • Just Noticeable Difference – Minimum amount a stimulus must be changed to produce a noticeable difference Docsity.com Colour Vision • When do we see white? • What is the Trichromatic Theory? • What is the Opponent-Process Theory? • What are the different forms of color blindness? – Which is most common? • What is additive colour mixing? – Primaries? • What is subtractive colour mixing? – Primaries? Docsity.com Hearing • The frequency of a sound wave corresponds to what perceptual quality of sound? • What is timbre? • What is another name for the eardrum? • What are those bones in the middle ear called? • How does the auditory system code pitch? • How do we locate sound? • How do the different neurons respond? – Onset, Pauser, Chopper, Primary-like, Offset • What are the auditory pathways? • Describe the auditory cortex Docsity.com Speech • Pronouncing vowels vs. consonants • Define phonology, semantics, and syntax • What do you know about formants? • What is categorical perception? • The McGurk Effect • Phonemic Restoration Effect • Pauses • Speech Errors • Aphasia – Broca’s; Wernicke’s Docsity.com Perceiving Form • Form defined by texture • Pop-out effects • Perceiving form – Change – Top down vs. bottom up processing – Figure-Ground • Theories – Template Theories – Feature Theories • Pandemonium Model • Gestalt Principles – Proximity – Similarity – Good Continuation – Symmetry – Closure – Subjective Contours Docsity.com Perceiving Objects • Attention – Change Blindness – Cued Paradigm • Theories – Recognition by Components – View-Based Recognition • Is face perception special? – Prosopagnosia – Greebles Docsity.com Learning & Experience • Development of the visual system – Acuity, contrast sensitivity, colour perception • Methodologies – Fixating & Scanning, Reflexes, Preferential Looking, Habituation, Forced-Choice Preferential Looking • Development of – Form, Motion, & Depth Perception – Monocular & Binocular Cues • Experiences – Strabismus – Astigmatism – Monocular Deprivation • Critical Periods • Restored Vision – SB Docsity.com
