PSYB51H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-4: Stephen Kuffler, David H. Hubel, Railways Act 1921

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Ability to detect the pressure of a finger, and, perhaps, to turn that detection into a private experience is an example of sensation. Perception can be thought of as the act of giving meaning to those detected sensations. French philosopher etienne bonnot de condillac asked his readers to imagine mental life of a statue with no senses, and concluded that the statue would have no mental life; with more senses and more experience, Condillac imagined a real mental life developing in statue. Gustav fechner invented psychophysics and is thought to be the true founder of experimental psychology, even if that title is usually given to wilhem wundt who began his work a little later. Fechner had a degree in medicine, then turned from biology to physics and math. Fechner suffered eye damage from gazing at the sun too much while performing vision experiments, this led to his depression leaving him alone most of the time with his own thoughts.

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