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BoE S&P + SoC
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bottom up processing: | builds a final understanding from the smallest sensory details up to a complete interpretation |
| Top down processing | brain uses existing knowledge, expectations, and context to interpret new sensory information |
| Absolute threshold | the minimum intensity of a stimulus that a person can detect at least 50% of the time |
| Just noticeable difference/difference threshold | the smallest amount by which two sensory stimuli can differ in order for an individual to perceive them as different |
| Signal detection theory | a framework for measuring how people make decisions under conditions of uncertainty by distinguishing between a "signal" and background "noise” |
| Somnambulism | a sleep disorder that involves walking or performing other complex behaviors while in a state of deep sleep |
| Delta waves | waves of stage 3 NREM sleep, which is characterized by deep, restorative, and often dreamless rest |