PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Brainstem, Auditory Cortex, Fusiform Face Area
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Ray belknap and friend shoot themselves, do it backwards in judas pries song. Doctrine of specific nerve energies (johannes muller) separating sensory info. in the brain visual occipital sound temporal. 1 signal detection theory: whether stimulus perceived depends on sensory exp. and individual"s judgement/decision radiologist, tumour. Hit, miss, false alarm, correct rejection can measure person"s sensitivity to stimulus by measuring how oft. ea/ category. Hightened sense of awareness = more motivated to decide sound made subliminal perception: perception below threshold of conscious awareness. At best would enhance goal/motivation we already have words thirst and dry, drank more water, but exercise video and self-esteem didn"t work for weight-loss. Construct complex perception perceptual set: filters what we pay attention to. Attention and perception divided attention: paying attn. to more than one stimulus/task/event at one time selective attention: focusing on one stimulus/task/event inattentional blindness: failure to notice clearly visible events b/c attn. diverted.
