PSY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Aerial Perspective, Stapes, Auditory Cortex
5 Dec 2014
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Psy102: introduction to psychology (4) sensation and perception. Sensation the process of turning physical input (such as wavelengths of light) into the electro-chemical language of your nervous system. The stimulation of your visual system caused by patterns of black and white spots. Perception the process of assigning meaning to that stimulation. * the various lines, angles and shades of grey in this image provide you with many visual sensations. * these sensations do not differ when you see the rabbit from when you see the duck. Visible" light forms just one part of the spectrum of electro- magnetic radiation. Wavelength the distance from one energy peak to another = colour. Intensity how much energy is transmitted = brightness. * the first job of your eye is to control the amount of light entering the eye and focus it onto your retina.
