PSYCH 2E03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Motor System, Retina, Sensory System
7 Sep 2016
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Tested on stuff in textbook as well. Some written portions to assignments (mix of mc, short answer, fill in the blanks) Tests will be mc and short answer (on separate days) Midterms are non-cumulative but exam is cumulative. No class: sep. 15, reading week (week of oct. 11) and nov. 18. If you"re talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then real is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain. This is the world that you know. - morpheus, in the matrix: in the matrix humans experience the world through a simulated reality called the matrix . We have to turn environmental energy into electrical signal that is processed by your body to create images of what is out there in the world. Everything we know about the physical world comes from our senses. Perception is our brain receiving the signal and recognizing that perception can create behaviours and reactions.
