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In psychology and the cognitive sciences, perception is the process of acquiring, interpreting, selecting, and organizing sensory information. Methods of studying perception range from essentially biological or physiological approaches, through psychological approaches to the often abstract 'thought-experiments' of mental philosophy.
History of the study of perception
Perception is one of the oldest fields within scientific psychology, and there are correspondingly many theories about its underlying processes. The oldest quantitative law in psychology is the Weber-Fechner law, which quantifies the relationship between the intensity of physical stimuli and their perceptual effects. It was the study of perception that gave rise to the Gestalt school of psychology, with its emphasis on holistic approaches.
Perception and reality
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Optical Illusions :: Brain Teasers
IllusionWorks - A multimedia museum of optical and sensory illusions, with on-line demonstrations and explanations.
Affective Epistemology - Affective epistemology is based on the idea that there is a way of knowing which transcends, specific perceptual frames. This idea is predicated on affective components as indicating the quality of a given perception, thought form, or way of being in the consciousness of human beings and other sentient life.
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Auditory Perception Cognition and Action Meeting: APCAM - The goal of APCAM is to bring together researchers from various theoretical perspectives to present focused research on auditory cognition, perception, and action.
Chronological History of Vision Research - Useful chronology by Jack Yellott.
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Fechner Day 2001 - International Society for Psychophysics conference celebrating 200th birthday of Fechner, held in Liepzig. Program and full text of proceedings, in PDF.
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Godric's World - Sound - A tutorial about sound that has many graphics that can be incorporated into a presentation or lecture on the topic.
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J. Jason McAnany - This site contains information pertaining to ongoing vision research.
Mind Bluff - A family-friendly collection of tactile illusions, mental deceptions, optical tricks, brain puzzlers, and feeling games to play on the self.
Meta Description: [ A family-friendly collection of optical illusions, brain teasers, fun riddles, tactile tricks, mental games, and unusual self-deceptions. ]
Mind Hacks - Neuroscience and psychology tricks discussed and perhaps explained. Companion site to the Mind Hacks book by Tom Stafford and Matt Webb.
MindJava - Providing insight into memory formation, cognition, and learning.
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Neuhoff, John - Auditory Perception Research - Electronic reprints of relevant publications on pitch, loudness, localization, and auditory display. (College of Wooster, USA)
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Optical Flow Estimation Bibliography - Mainly algorithms (up-to-date; compiled by Laurenz Wiskott at The Salk Institute).
Optical Illusions by Psych ARTS - We think we perceive objective reality, but perception is always altered by invisible biases. We are never free of the state-dependent bias, and so we are continually taken in by an illusion.
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Sensation and Perception Tutorials - A small collection of tutorials and demonstrations in sensation and perception.
Smarandache's Law - An improvement of Weber's and Fechner's Laws on sensations and stimuli. A paradoxical complex, an optical illusion, and a test of intelligence.
Some Visual Illusions - This site shows a range of common visual illusions along with a brief explanation of why they occur. It was originally prepared to show at a children's primary school as part of their study of sensory processing.
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The Blanking Phenomenon - Contains information on a visual illusion.
The Logarithmic Time Perception Hypothesis - Logtime is the psychochronometric hypothesis that our age is our basis for estimating long time intervals, resulting in a perceived logarithmic shrinkage of our years as we grow older.
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The Manifold of Sense - A survey of the discourse regarding emotions, sensations, and an attempt at producing an integrative approach to sensation and perception.
The Moon Illusion Explained - A relatively new theory is offered for the classic illusion that the moon's constant subtended visual angle of half a degree appears larger for the horizon moon than for the zenith moon.
Meta Description: [ Finally! Why the moon looks big at the horizon and smaller when higher up ]
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The Noh Mask Effect - Demonstrates illusory facial expression perception with Japanese Noh masks. Links to publications about the effect.
The Poggendorff Illusion - A study attributing the illusion to summed effects of cardinal axes in the observer's field of view and of salient axes in the figures.
Vision Laboratory Macquarie University - Contains information about current research into human visual perception. Features material from some of the courses run by the psychology department and information about staff and students.s
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