PSYC 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Auditory Cortex, Basilar Membrane, Stirrup
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Sensory information is translated into meaningful signals: sensory coding ~ translating physical properties of stimuli into patterns of neural impulses, transduction ~ process by which sensory stimuli are converted to signals brain. Illusory contours ~ perceive contours and cues to depth even when they do not exist: figure and ground, face perception, fusiform gyrus ~ right hemisphere; specialized for perceivinf faces. Size perception depends on distance: ames boxes, ames boxes ~ present powerful depth illusion, ponzo illusion. Object constancies help when perspective changes: object constancy ~ correctly perceiving objects as constant in their shape, size, color and lightness, despite raw sensory data that could mislead perception. 5. 3 how are we able to hear: audition ~ hearing; sense of sound perception. 5. 4 how are we able to taste: gustation ~ sense of taste, taste buds ~ sensory organs in mouth that contain receptors for taste. There are five basic taste sensations: supertasters.
