PSY 1101 Study Guide - Visual Cortex, Peripheral Vision, Cochlear Implant
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The musts of sensation 3 things must happen: Message translated so bran can understand transduction (neural. Message has t be delivered to brain for further processing (transmission) Messages sent to brain select, organize, integrate and interpret it in a meaningful way. Start with basic bits of information and build up (start from scratch) Occurs when person can see faces, describe faces but can"t recognize the face. Researchers study relationships of characteristics of physical and psychological world the time to another. Minimum amount of energy must be present for us to detect it 50% of. Minimum difference existing between two stimuli must be present for us detect it 50% of the time. Principle that, to be perceived as different, two stimuli must differ by a constant minimum percentage. Explain why one"s threshold detection is different from one time to. Ability to detect stimuli depends on intensity of stimuli and person factors (ex. emotions, moods etc)
