advanced terms related to human senses
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| show | one of the basics laws of psychophysics that just a noticeable difference is in constant proportion to the intensity of an intial stimulus
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| show | the smallest level of stimulation required to sense that a change in stimulation has occured
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| show | the mininum stimulation required to detect the difference between two stimuli
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| retina | show 🗑
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| show | thin cylindrical receptor cells in the retina that are highly senstive to light
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| cones | show 🗑
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| optic nerve | show 🗑
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| feature detection | show 🗑
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| show | the theory that there are three kinds of cones in the retina each of which responds primilary to a specific range of wavelengths
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| opponet process theory of color vision | show 🗑
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| show | the part of the ear that vibrates when sound waves hit it
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| show | the movement of air molecules brought by the vibration of an object
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| cochlea | show 🗑
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| show | a vibrating structure that runs through the center of the cochlea dividing into an upper and a lower chamber and containig sense receptors for sound
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| hair cells | show 🗑
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| show | the theory that different areas of the basilar membrane respond to different frequiences
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| show | the theory that the entire basilar membrance acts like a microphone vibrating as a whole in response to a sound
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| show | three tubelike structures of the inner ear containing fluid that sloshes through them when the head moves signaling rotional or angular movements to the ar
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| show | tiny morion senstive crystals within the semicurlar canals that sense body accerlation
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| show | the senses that include touch pressure temperature and pain
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| show | the theroy that patircular nerve receptors lead to specific areas of the brain related to the brain
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| gesalt laws of organization | show 🗑
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| show | a theory of perception according to which we perceive a shape pattern object or scene by reacting first to the individual elements that make it up
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| show | perception that is guided by higher level knowledge experience expecations and motivations
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| show | perecption that constists of recoginizg and processing information about the individual componets of the stimuli
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| show | physical stimuli that consistenly produce errors in perception
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| show | A characteristic of a substance that can chnage without a new substance being formed.
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