
Sensation, Perception, and Cognitive Processes
Explore the intricate processes of sensation, perception, and cognitive functions through detailed visual representations and explanations. Dive into topics such as detecting light, the structure of eyes, visual receptors, color vision, hearing, vestibular sense, cutaneous senses, chemical senses, perception thresholds, recognizing patterns, and perceiving movement and depth.
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DETECTING LIGHT Stimuli Receptors Electromagnetic Spectrum
THE STRUCTURE OF EYES Pupil Iris Vitreous humor Retina Cornea Lens Accommodation Fovea
THE VISUAL RECEPTORS Rods Cones Dark adaptation
THE VISUAL PATHWAY Ganglion cells Optic nerve Blind spot
COLOR VISION The Trichromatic Theory Color Vision Deficiency The Opponent Process The Retinex Theory
HEARING Sound waves Pitch Loudness Cochlea Conduction Deafness Nerve Deafness Pitch Perception Frequency Principle Volley Principle Place Principe
THE VESTIBULAR SENSE Vestibular Sense
THE CUTANEOUS SENSES Cutaneous senses Pain The Gate Theory of Pain Ways of Decrease Pain Phantom Limbs
THE CHEMICAL SENSES Taste Types of Taste Receptors Smells Synesthesia
PERCEPTION Just Noticeable Difference Absolute Sensory Threshold Signal-detection theory Subliminal perception
PERCEIVING & RECOGNIZING PATTERNS Brightness Figure and ground The feature-detector approach Reversible figures Gestalt psychology Proximity Bottom-up process Similarity Top-down process Continuation Closure Good figure
PERCEIVING MOVEMENT & DEPTH Visual constancy Depth perception Induced movement Convergence Stroboscopic movement Binocular cues Monocular cues
OPTICAL ILLUSION Optical illusion Moon illusion