P/S - Chp2 - Sensation and Perception

2.1 Sensation and Perception

2.2 Vision

2.3 Hearing and Vestibular Sense

2.4 Other Senses

Object Recognition

Visual Cues

Sensory Adaptation

Weber's Laws

Absolute threshold of sensation

Somatosensation

The Vestibular System

Signal Detection Theory

Bottoms-Up vs Top-Down Processing

Gestalt Principles

structure of the eye

visual sensory information

the phototransduction cascade

photoreceptors (rods vs cones)

photoreceptors distribution in the fovea

visual field processing

feature detection and parallel processing

auditory structur

auditory processing

cochlear implant

Somatosensation

Taste

Somatosensation

Sensory adaptation and amplification

Somatosensory homunculus

Proprioception and kinesthesia

Pain and Temperature

Pheromones

Olfaction - structure and function

Gustation - structure and function