Definitions
Perception in which the way we perceive a stimulus doesn't match it's physical reality
What is illusion?
Mixing light colours produces...
What is white?
The hole where light enters the eye
What is the pupil?
Conducts soundwaves to the eardrum
What is the ear canal?
The technical word for sense of smell
What is olfaction?
The detection of physical energy by sense organs
What is sensation?
Mixing pigments produces...
What is black?
The coloured portion which controls how much light enters the eye by controlling the pupil
What is the iris?
Membrane that vibrates in response to sound waves
What is the ear drum?
The technical word for sense of taste
What is gustation?
The brain's interpretation of raw sensory data
What is perception?
The smallest amount of stimulus change a human can detect
What is the 'Just Noticeable Difference'?
Changes the curvature to retract light to the back of the eye
What is the lens?
The flexible outer flap of the ear
What is the pinna?
Airborne chemicals that interact with lining in our nasal pasage
What are odours?
The process of converting an external energy or substance into electrical activity within neurons
What is transduction?
The stronger the stimulus, the greater the change needed to detect it
What is Weber's Law?
Transparent cells that focus light on the back of the eye by bending light
What is the cornea?
The middle parts of the ear that vibrate and transmit sounds
What are the ossicles?
Name the five basic tastes
What are sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and savoury (umami)?
The study of how we perceive sensory stimuli based on their physical characteristics
What is psychophysics?
The lowest level of a stimulus we can detect 50% of the time
What is the absolute threshold?
The white portion of the eye
What is the sclera?
Converts vibrations into neural activity
What is the cochlea?
The area where smell and taste converge
What is the orbitofrontal cortex?