PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Detection Theory, Neural Adaptation, Subliminal Simulation

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

Basics of sensation: the musts of sensation. What must be there in order for us to see or hear. 3 things must happen in order for us to have sensation: o! We should be able to detect the simulation. Our experience of our world is limited to our detection. There are limitations to what we can detect. o! It has to be translated to a message brain can understand. o! Once detected and transduced, the information has to be transmitted to brain for further analysis. o! Receive physical energy and then translate to electrochemical messages that brain can understand. o! Start from scratch, basic elements and then your build up: measuring the senses. This is a scientific field where researchers study the relationship between the characteristics of the physical world and our experience with them. (simulation). o! Energies have to be strong enough to be detected o! There has to be a minimum amount of energy that must be o!