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Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
Seeing, Hearing, and Smelling the World
Bookmark this megasite from the Howard Hughes Medical Center, devoted to demonstrations, information, and links about the senses. Demonstrations allow you to experience the steps leading from sensation to perception in vision, hearing, and taste.
http://www.hhmi.org/senses/
The Joy of Seeing
Visit this site to view beautiful depictions and demonstrations about all aspects of seeing.
http://www.yorku.ca/eye/thejoy.htm
3D and Stereoscopic Vision
Try out these demonstrations concerning 3D and stereoscopic vision and learn how and why our eyes are really two separate visual systems.
http://www.vision3d.com/stereo.html
The Anatomy of the Ear
Take a detailed tour of the ear.
http://www.earaces.com/anatomy.htm
All About Taste
This site has detailed tutorials concerning all aspects of taste and includes some excellent graphics.
http://www.cf.ac.uk/biosi/staff/jacob/teaching/sensory/taste.html
Smell and Taste Disorders
Visit the National Institutes of Health site devoted to smell and taste disorders.
http://www.nih.gov/nidcd/nih.gov
Test Your Proprioception
Do you know where you are? Try the activities at this site and learn more about proprioception.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/proprioception/
Vestibular Sense
Learn more about what causes dizziness and get the facts on disorders that affect balance.
http://www.earaces.com/dizzines.htm
Visual Attention
View demonstrations of research into the process of visual attention.
http://www.klab.caltech.edu/~itti/attention/
Sensation and Perception Tutorials
Have fun and learn something, too, with the activities relating to sensation and perception.
http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/sen_tut.html
Perception Demonstrations
Check out the demonstrations of various aspects of perception, including a number of Gestalt principles.
http://www.vanguard.edu/psychology/websensation.html
Optical Illusions
Try you hand at the optical illusions on this site.
http://www.run-down.com/illusions.shtml
Prosopagnosia
What if you can't discern a face? Learn about the disorder known as prosopagnosia.
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