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2. Sensation and Perception

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Lecture 1 - Intro to Sensation and Perception
What is the purpose of perception,
What is the process of perception,
What is top down processing
10  cards
Lecture 2 - PNS, CNS + Neurons
Define neuroanatomy,
What is neurophysiology,
What are the two parts of the cns...
10  cards
Lecture 3 - Visible Light and the Eye
What is visible light,
What is electromagnetic energy,
How is electromagnetic energy mea...
18  cards
Lecture 4 - Colour Sensation and Perception
What is the principle of univariance,
What are dichromats,
What are anomalous trichromats
11  cards
Lecture 5 - Depth Perception
What are the cues for depth perce...,
What is stereopsis,
What is depth perception like in ...
11  cards
Lecture 6 - Motion Perception
How do we move our eyes 4,
What happens when we don t move o...,
What is akinetopsia
9  cards
Lecture 7 - Receptive Fields and Central Representation
What are the 7 steps of the perce...,
What is transduction,
What is transmission
24  cards
Lecture 8 - Auditory Sensation and Perception 1
How does the human auditory syste...,
What is sound caused by,
What is the decibel scale
32  cards
Lecture 9 - Auditory Sensation and Perception 2
Why do we need to localise sound,
What is meant by interaural timin...,
What happens to sound around obje...
21  cards
Lecture 10 - Taste and Smell •Sensation and perception of gustatory and olfactory stimuli
What is meant by gustation,
What is meant by olfaction,
What is meant by flavour
20  cards
Lecture 11 - Body Senses and Perceptual Plasticity
What are the 3 main somatosenses,
Explain what s meant by the cutan...,
Explain what s meant by the organ...
22  cards
Seminar 5 - Recap material
What are the 5 main steps in the ...,
What is opponent process analysis,
What is the jeffress neural coinc...
5  cards

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