9.35 Sensation and Perception, Spring 2004

How do the senses work? How do physical stimuli get transformed into signals in the nervous system? How does the brain use those signals to determine what's out there in the world? All the senses are discussed; vision is covered most extensively, with topics including the perception of color, m...

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Main Author: Adelson, Edward H.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Format: Learning Object
Language:en-US
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/55910
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Summary:How do the senses work? How do physical stimuli get transformed into signals in the nervous system? How does the brain use those signals to determine what's out there in the world? All the senses are discussed; vision is covered most extensively, with topics including the perception of color, motion, form, and depth.