5.3- The brain constructs a stable representation of the world from five senses

Question 1

Explain how senses interact in perception

Answer 1

• Perception results from a construction of various signals into a stable, unified representation of the world, and most of the things we perceive involve more than one sensation
• An example of how interact in perception is illustrated in the McGurk effect

Question 2

Synesthesia

Answer 2

• Some people experience unusual combinations os sensations, e.g. when a visual image has a taste