Important Names In Sensation & Perception

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Berkeley

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Developing list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth

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Békésy

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Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which, at least partially, supported Helmholtz’s place-resonance theory

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Broadbent

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Proposed filter theory of attention

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Fechner

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Developed Fechner’s law, which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation

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E. Gibson & Walk

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Developed the visual cliff apparatus, which is used to study the development of depth perception

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J. Gibson

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Studied depth cues (especially texture gradients) that help us to perceive depth

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Helmholtz

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Developed Young-Helmholtz trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory if pitch perception

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Hering

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Developed opponent process theory of color vision

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Hubel & Wiesel

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Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple, complex, and hypercomplex cells

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Köhler

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Developed theory of isomorphism

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Melzalck & Wall

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Proposed gate theory of pain

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Stevens

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Developed Steven’s law as an alternative to Fechner’s

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Swets

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Defined ROC curves in signal detection theory

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Wever & Bray

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Proposed the volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the frequency theory of pitch perception

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Yerkes & Dodson

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Developed the Yerkes-Dodson Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels if arousal