PSYC 1020H Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Auditory Cortex, Sound Intensity, Cochlear Duct
9 Dec 2016
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The physical world around us is an illusion constructed in your head. Our brain tries to make interpretations of what the physical world around us is. If you were to perceive reality as it is out there. You would not recognize it at all: no sound, no smell, no taste. I(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374) (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g pro(cid:272)essed (cid:271)y your eyes is (cid:374)ot (cid:449)hat you"re a(cid:272)tually seei(cid:374)g. its (cid:272)reated (cid:271)y your brain. Our sense of reality has little to do with what is out there, but more regarding what is happening between your ears. Stimuli restructured into the language of the brain. Conversion of physical events into the currency of the brain. How does the brain turn this electrochemical signals into something meaningful. Information (light, sound, etc) sensation (raw data) and receptors (eyes, ears, nose, skin, tongue) perception (interpretation of raw data/ brain perception occurs in the brain) Change wavelength= you would perceive a different colour/hue.
