PSY-0001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sensory Threshold, Structural Change, Sound Intensity
22 Sep 2015
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Detection and transduction of environmental stimuli by specialized. Sensation: receptor cells, and transmission of that info to the brain. Perception: information brain"s processing, organization, and interpretation of sensory. Humans can see less than 1% of the wavelengths spectrum. People who meditate can master their perception and their. Responsible for all material in the book even if we don"t cover it. Meditation brings you in alignment to your senses by quieting the. You can permanently change your cortex through meditation. Cornea lens, lens is controlled by muscles that can help us focus on things at different distances, lens flips the image (brain later makes sense of this) Iris controls the size of the pupil to regulate the amount of light coming into our eyeball. Trichromatic theory of color: any color is produced by mixing blue, green, and red wavelength, objects don"t actually have a color they reflect light, there are three types of cones, each most sensitive to particular wavelengths.
