PSYC 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Subliminal Stimuli, Absolute Threshold, Optic Chiasm
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Sensory and perception last class about learning sensation refers to sense organs being simulated (stimulation of sense organs), and sending message to brain/cortex. Perception is how your brain interprets that information. Thresholds how much stimulation do you need to perceive something or perceive change. Absolute threshold how you pass from not perceiving and perceiving di cult to study. Big individual variability some people see everything, and some people are like eh amount of change needed to perceive change 50% of the time / Uid is around body temperature full of salt, so you oat. Oat in a salty, perfect environment and are deprived of all senses person deprived of all senses. [cones/rods] to bipolar to ganglion/optic nerve now the action potential goes to brain. Nal destination is the visual cortex in the occipital lobe but first, goes to the thalamus thalamus interprets this as visual information.
