PSYC 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Edwin Boring, Sensory System, Gustav Fechner
5 Nov 2016
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The nature of sensation depends on which sensory fibres are stimulated, not on how the fibres are stimulated. There is only one code and our brain has only access to this code, but never to the physical stimulus itself. The immediate objects in the perception of our senses are merely particular states induced on the nerves. edwin boring (1886 -1968) Lady with seizure smells burnt toast with the stimulation of the particular part of her brain. The world we perceive is but a pale copy of reality. Some species sense energies that humans cannot: Dogs and cats can hear sounds of higher frequencies. Birds turtles, and amphibians use magnetic fields to navigate. Elephants can hear very low-frequency sounds, which are used for communication. Perception and your sense of reality are the products of evolution: Importance of type of energy in the environment for an animal determines which senses have developed.
