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Our senses are the outlet through which we receive information from our environment. Each sense organ (eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and skin) receives sensory information and sends it to the brain to be processed and understood.
This process is called transduction (turning one energy form into another). In this case sensory stimuli is turned into neural impulses.
Our perceptions are
influenced by:
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expectations
context
the way our brain interprets and
organizes information based on
experience and expectation.
the process by which our senses
receive and relay outside stimuli.
the perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups.
the organization of the visual field
into objects that stand out from their
surroundings.
emotion
the ability to see objects in three dimensions even though images that strike the retina are two dimensions.
Binocular Cues: depth cues that depend
on the use of two eyes.
Monocular Cues: depth cues
available to either eye alone.
motivation
Disorders related to perception:
Prosopagnosia:
Prosopagnosia (or face blindness) is a neurological disorder that impairs your ability to recognize faces. It can be congenital or acquired. Acquired results from damage to the occipito-temporal lobe. Congenital starts in early childhood.
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