PSYC 1020H Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Color Vision, Optic Nerve, Optic Chiasm

• School: Trent University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1020H
• Professor: Fournier Neil

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Synesthesia is a condition in which perceptual or cognitive activities (eg. reading, listening to music) trigger exceptional experiences (eg. of colour, taste) Emotional synesthesia is a condition in which specific stimuli are consistently and involuntarily associated with emotional responses. Grapheme-color synesthesia refers to a condition in which words, letters, or digits are associated reliably with specific colors. Sensation is the stimulation of sense organs. Absorption of energy, such as light or sound waves, by sensory organs such as the ears or eyes. Perception is the selection, organization, and interpretation of sensory input. Organizing and translati(cid:374)g se(cid:374)sor(cid:455) i(cid:374)put i(cid:374)to so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)gful, su(cid:272)h as (cid:455)our (cid:271)est frie(cid:374)d"s fa(cid:272)e or other environmental stimuli. Psychophysics- the study of how physical stimuli are translated into psychological experience. The threshold is the dividing point between energy levels that do and do not have a detectable side effect.