Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Absolute Threshold, Neural Adaptation, Synesthesia

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Two theories: neural pathways are not distinguished at birth which is why they tend to crossover. Furthermore, different parts of the brain are interconnected which links different senses together for people with synesthesia: deficit of neural inhibitors that keep input from once sense from overflowing into other sensory areas. The binding problem is studied by cognitive psychologists. It is where they study how people bind all the sensations of an object together (i. e. refer to the rose analogy in the book, touch, smell, look) Sensation: stimulus-detection process by which our sense organs respond to and translate environmental stimuli into nerve impulses. Perception: when our brains match the new stimulus with our internal knowledge which allows us to recognize the stimulus and give it meaning. Also defined as the active process of organizing this stimulus from input and giving it meaning. Perception can be influenced by context and learned expectations.