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sensation
perception
bottom-up processing , 134
top-down processing , 134
transduction
absolute threshold
subliminal
priming
difference threshold
Weber's law
sensory adaptation
perceptual set
wavelength
hue
intensity
retina
rods
cones
optic nerve
blind spot
feature detectors
parallel processing
Young-Helmholtz trichromatic (three-color) theory
opponent-process theory
gestalt
figure-ground
grouping
depth perception
visual cliff
binocular cue
retinal disparity
monocular cue
perceptual constancy
color constancy
perceptual adaptation
audition
frequency
pitch
cochlea [KOHK-lee-uh]
sensorineural hearing loss , 153
conduction hearing loss , 153
cochlear implant
hypnosis
posthypnotic suggestion , 156
kinesthesia [kin-ehs-THEE-see-a]
vestibular sense
sensory interaction
embodied cognition
extrasensory perception (ESP)
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