This class was created by Brainscape user Megan miller. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.

Decks in this class (16)

Chapter 1-introduction
Sensation,
Perception,
Transduction
56  cards
Chapter 5-the Perception Of Color
Color descriptions use how many a...,
Hue,
Saturation
53  cards
Chapter 6- Space Perception And Binocular Vision
Euclidean,
Why 2 eyes,
Visual field is limited
66  cards
Chapter 14-olfaction
Odor,
Odorant,
In order to be smelled odorants m...
46  cards
chapter 2-the first steps in vision
Light,
Waves,
Photons
72  cards
chapter 3-spatial visoin: from spots to stripes
Initial processing occurs in the,
Thalamus,
Lgn
38  cards
chapter 4-perceiving and recognizing objects
Extrastriate cortex,
What comes after extrastriate cortex,
Where pathway
43  cards
chapter 7-attention and scene perception
Attention,
To deal with the impossibility of...,
Selective attention
57  cards
chapter 8-motion perception
Computation of visual motion,
Motion is,
Detecting movement diagram is wha...
53  cards
chapter 9-physiology and psychoacoustics
Sound waves consist of what,
How fast do pressure waves move t...,
Compressions
69  cards
chapter 10-hearing in the environment
Large portion of processing is do...,
Differences in structure of audit...,
Primary auditory cortex is mapped
65  cards
chapter 11-music and speech perception
Musical notes,
Pitch,
Octave
60  cards
chapter 12-spatial orientation and the vestibular system
Problems with the vestibular syst...,
Spatial disorientation,
Dizziness
88  cards
chapter 13-touch
Somatosensation,
Kinesthesis,
Proprioception
34  cards
optical illusions
Mach band luminance based,
Scintillating grid and hermann gr...,
Check shadow illusion contrast ef...
13  cards
chapter 15-taste
Neural signals conveyed to brain ...,
Papillae,
Each taste bud contains
45  cards

More about
sensations and perceptions

  • Class purpose General learning

Learn faster with Brainscape on your web, iPhone, or Android device. Study Megan miller's Sensations and Perceptions flashcards now!

How studying works.

Brainscape's adaptive web mobile flashcards system will drill you on your weaknesses, using a pattern guaranteed to help you learn more in less time.

Add your own flashcards.

Either request "Edit" access from the author, or make a copy of the class to edit as your own. And you can always create a totally new class of your own too!

What's Brainscape anyway?

Brainscape is a digital flashcards platform where you can find, create, share, and study any subject on the planet.

We use an adaptive study algorithm that is proven to help you learn faster and remember longer....

Looking for something else?

Sensation and Perception
  • 11 decks
  • 269 flashcards
  • 8 learners
Decks: Introduction To Sensation And Perception, The First Steps In Visual Perception, Neural Processing And Perception, And more!
Neuroscience of sensation and perception
  • 27 decks
  • 424 flashcards
  • 5 learners
Decks: Introduction Philosophy Psychology And N, Brains Neurons And Neural Coding, The Speed Of Thought, And more!
Visual Perception - Year 2
  • 25 decks
  • 773 flashcards
  • 23 learners
Decks: The Human Brain, The Brain And Relations, Cerebral Cortex, And more!
French
  • 121 decks
  • 6695 flashcards
  • 1286 learners
Decks: Expressions 3, Vocab 68, Vocab 66, And more!
Make Flashcards