1.Visual Perception2. Sensation & Perception What is sensation? The detection or awareness of the presence of a stimulus. What is perception? The process by which we…

1. 15 The Special Senses P A R TA http://www.physpharm.fmd.uwo.ca/undergrad/medsweb/L1Eye/m1eye.swf 2. Palpebrae (Eyelids) Figure 15.1b 3. Lacrimal Apparatus Figure 15.2…

Slide 1 Sensation and Perception Now that we have looked at what a stimuli is, we need to understand what a sensation is, and how our brain perceives it. Slide 2 Sensation…

Slide 1The Senses Slide 2 Slide 3 Perception Behavior Slide 4 Types of Receptors Mechanoreceptors – stimulated by mechanical energy Chemoreceptors – detect solute concentration…

Slide 1 1http://img.cs.man.ac.uk/stevens Humans as Information Processors CS2352 Lecture 6 Robert Stevens http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~stevensr Slide 2 2http://img.cs.man.ac.uk/stevens…

Slide 1 Process of taking in stimuli from the environment Slide 2 Smallest amount of stimulus that can detected at least half the time Vision:1 candle flame,30 miles away…

Slide 1 SENSATION Process of taking in stimuli from the environment Smallest amount of stimulus that can detected at least half the time Vision:1 candle flame,30 miles away…