Terms and Concepts to Remember

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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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