PSYCH211 Lecture Notes - Voice-Onset Time, Prototype Theory, Lev Vygotsky
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*what you perceive the worls is not the world it actually is, your brain constructs your perception. Acoustic signal (the sound your teacher is producing when he"s speaking) is different from what you actually hear. The p" in apple and the p" in potato has different acoustic signals. The illusion of the man saying baba or gaga mcguruc effect. The acoustic signal of the man is not identical to what you hear because you"re hearing two different things depending on whether your eyes is close or open. Perceptual information - e. g. it"s brown, has a tail, it"s a dog. Categorical perception - when you perceive, you perceive things in categories. Voice onset time - you are vibrating these vocal cords when you are making the sound. This means that the differences in the sound of ba or pa is a big difference in your brain but not in the computer.