PSYCO104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Subliminal Stimuli, Flashlight, Detection Theory

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO104
• Professor: Claire Scavuzzo

Document Summary

Detection of physical energy by sense organs (eyes, ears, nose, skin, and tongue). The brain"s interpretation of raw sensory inputs. Senses that other species have but humans lack. Pigeons use magnetic fields to navigate (towards the north) Nervous system converts external stimulus (such as light, sound or touch) into electrical signals in neurons. Sense receptor ; specialized cell transduce specific stimulus. Coloured hearing; when you hear a certain sound you see a colour. Tasting colours; when you see a colour you taste a food (example onion) Grapheme colour; a 6 is always red and a 5 is always blue. Found in 23% of fine arts students. Children may be naturally biased; associate certain shapes or letters with colours. Can produce different perceptions than presented by either modality. Mcgurk effect; integrate audio and visual information to process spoken language. Examples; hear ba , see ga , and perceive da .