Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Unit 6, Chapter 5 - Perception: Making sense of sensation.

Reading Notes Due: Mon. Nov. 19
MEANINGFUL Flashcards on Key Terms Due: Mon. Nov. 26
Concept Map Due on Tues. Nov. 27
Quiz Thurs. Nov. 29

See assignment sheet for Key Ideas! 

Hank explains the distinction between sensation and perception... Thanks Hank!



See how top-down processing affects perception... Can you count how many passes the white-shirted players make in this basketball video? (It's on YouTube, so it may not work in school. You can get to it at home on this link http://youtu.be/IGQmdoK_ZfY if the embedded video doesn't work)




Which way is this dancer spinning?



Clockwise or counter clockwise?
This site shows you how the illusion works http://ofb.net/~whuang/imgs/spin/




Which is the front and which is the back of the Necker Cube? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEN8YAXdOak


Subliminal messages? How effective are they?
Democrats accused Republicans of putting a subliminal message into this Bush campaign commercial? Do you think it was intentional? Do you think it would have an effect? Click here if the embedded video isn't working http://youtu.be/2NPKxhfFQMs



Light constancy... our expectations and experience shape what we think we see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIFXcR2NxcY


A mashup of optical illusions... see how many you can relate to concepts we're learning about
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrhGTR54E5k  


Cognitive Scientist Beau Lotto studies color perception in humans and bees.
Here is the link if the embedded video isn't working for you. http://www.ted.com/talks/beau_lotto_optical_illusions_show_how_we_see.html



Apollo Robbins is a skilled pick-pocket who shows us a thing or two about attention.
Link: http://www.ted.com/talks/apollo_robbins_the_art_of_misdirection.html 


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