PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Telepathy, Depth Perception, Retina

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

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Chapter 4: sensation & perception (continued: sensation and perception, perceptual organization, form perception, depth perception, interpretation, sensory restrictions, perceptual sets: context & contrast effects, esp: extra sensory perception - not in your book, subliminal perception. Based on activity of the sense receptors. How physical energy is transformed into neural impulses. Ex. orchestra = sound waves -- hit eardrums -- transformed into musical experience. How do we transform 2-d retinal images into 3d perceptions: Retinal disparity - one picture on the left retina is registered differently on the right retina. For some aspects of visual perception, experience is critical. Claims of esp : perception without sensation telepathy - mind to mind communication, receiving thoughts from someone without contacts or any hints. Clairvoyance: - absolutely no other information, but a vision. Precognition - perceiving things before they happen ex. Telekinesis - thoughts can change matter, exert physical force on matter.