Unit 1 (Part #3): Sensation (2024-2025)

Front

Attending to one voice among many, while also being able to detect your name in an unattended voice.

Back

Cocktail party effect

Front

Explains afterimages

Back

Opponent-Process Theory

Front

Objects higher in our field of vision as farther away

Back

Relative height

Front

Parallel lines converge in the distance. Options: Interposition, Convergence, Linear perspective, Proximity

Back

Linear perspective

Front

Just-noticeable difference

Back

Difference threshold

Front

Detecting the difference between 2 colors of paint.

Back

Difference threshold

Front

Transduction of light
Options: Lens, Retina, Cochlea, Semicircular canals

Back

Retina

Front

Amplitude of light wave.

Back

Brightness

Front

"It doesn't smell anymore"

Back

Sensory adaptation

Front

Feature analysis: Top-down processing, Bottom-up processing, Accomodation, Transduction

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Bottom-up processing