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sensation

perception

bottom-up processing

top-down processing

transduction

absolute threshold

subliminal

difference threshold

priming

Weber’s law

sensory adaptation

perceptual set

wavelength

hue

intensity

retina

rods

cones

optic nerve

blind spot

Young-Helmholtz trichromatic (three-color) theory

opponent-process theory

feature detectors

parallel processing

gestalt

figure-ground

grouping

depth perception

visual cliff

binocular cue

retinal disparity

monocular cue

perceptual constancy

color constancy

perceptual adaptation

audition

frequency

pitch

middle ear

cochlea

inner ear

sensorineural hearing loss

conduction hearing loss

cochlear implant

hypnosis

posthypnotic suggestion

kinesthesia

vestibular sense

sensory interaction

embodied cognition

extrasensory perception (ESP)