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introduction to sensation and perception Flashcards

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1
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define sensation

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registering stimulation of the senses

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define perception

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processing and interpreting sensory information

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define cognition

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using perceived information to learn, classify and comprehend

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fundamental concepts - electromagnetic energy

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links to eyes

photoreceptors

primary visual cortex

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fundamental concepts - chemical composition

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links to tongue and nose

chemoreceptors

gustatory cortex and olfactory cortex

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fundamental concepts - air pressure waves

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links to ears

mechanoreceptors

auditory cortex

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fundamental concepts - tissue distortion

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links to touch/ nerves

mechanoreceptors and thermoreceptors

somatosensory cortex

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fundamental concepts - gravity and acceleration

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links to body/ movement
e.g. handstand

mechanoreceptors

temporal cortex

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define transduction

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conversion of environmental energy to nerve signals

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feedback reception

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a top down process - going backwards through the sections below. (not via thalamus for smell)

environmental stimulus, receptors, intermediate neurons, thalamus neuron,
primary visual cortex, secondary associative cortex, higher cortex

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bottom up processing

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perception starts with the physical characteristics of stimuli and basic sensory processes

e.g. feature detectors

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gibson - direct perception 1950

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links to bottom up processing

the information coming from sensory receptors is enough for perception to be rich and detained - complex mechanisms are not necessary
the environment contains sufficient cues to provide context to aid perception
e.g. texture can indicate depth

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direct perception

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gibson 1950s

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gibson 1950

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direct perception

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top down processing

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the perceiver constructs their understanding of external stimuli based on their past experience and knowledge

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gregory 1966

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links to top down processing

“perception is not determined simply by stimulus patterns; rather it is a dynamic searching for the best interpretation of the available data”

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how do we investigate sensation and perception

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  1. straining
  2. single cell recordings = electrophysiology
  3. functional magnetic resonance imaging = FMRI
  4. Lesion studies e.g. phineas cage
  5. event-related potential (ERP) from electroencephalogram (EEG)
  6. Optical imaging / near infa-red spectroscopy (NIRS)
  7. psychophysics
  8. illusions and introsception
  9. computational modelling
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what is single cell recording

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action potentials of neurons recorded with mircoelectrode inserted close to cell.

single neurons can be selective for a stimulus as specific as one particular person

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how is a single cell recording completed

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cortical recording requires section of skull to be removed

microelectrodes inserted close to a cell to see its action potential

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why is single cell recordings helpful

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useful for identifying cells which are selective for certain features e.g. orientations, direction of motion and faces

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Quiroga et al (2009) Quiroga et al (2005)

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  • epilepsy patients implated with depth electrodes, recording from single cell

-presented with photos, text name and spoken name of multiple people

  • selective neurons in medial temporal lobe represent individuals in multiple sensory modalities
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who research epilepsy with single cell recordings

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Quiroga et al (2009) Quiroga et al (2005)

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lesion studies

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can be done by
knife or neurotoxins

a knife will cut axons but a neurotoxin can only destroy nerve cells

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disadvantages of lesion studies

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  1. ethical issues
  2. studying a faulty system - wont tell you about a healthy system
  3. brain changes in response to damage
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neuro-psychology

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damage to brain due to stroke, trauma, road accidents, boxing etc.

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disadvantages of neuro-psychology

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damage can be diffuse

individual variation in damage

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virtual lesions - TMS

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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation = TMS

  • pulses of magnetic energy disrupt activity in a small part of the brain for a short period
  • can be used to investigate sensation and perception
    e.g. biological motion
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what is biological motion

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is the use of dots in a formation that courses the brain to see a human figure

changing the sped and location of the dots can course the brain to see different genders, weights, happiness or nervousness

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what does TMS stand for

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transcranial Magnetic stimulation

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Grossman et al (2005) - TMS

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TMS over posterior superior temporal sulcus disrupts biological motion

disruption of upright biological motion over PPosterior STS (right T6) but not over motion area of visual cortex (V5/MT)

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what is psycho-physics

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quantifying relationship between physical stimuli and the psychological response

links to absolute/detection threshold and difference threshold

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what is an detection threshold

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links to psycho-physics

smallest stimulus intensity needed for detection
e.g minimum concentration of a flavor you can taste

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what is a difference threshold

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links to psycho-physics

smallest difference between two stimuli that can be detected - just noticeable difference -JND
e.g the minimum difference between two colours that you can see

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psycho-physics measuring thresholds

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two alternative forced choice (2AFC)

psychometric function

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what is psychometric function

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what is the physical response to the manipulation

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what real life issue can psycho-physics be used to study

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can be used to find disrupted biological motion in children with autism - blake et al (2003)

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blake et al 2003 methods - psycho-physic

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used biological motion task video - dots showing human figure
two conditions - one normal second scrambled dots

second task was global form task - had to work out with quadrant has the shape in

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blake et al 2003 - findings

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(psycho-physics)

Autistic children show poorer performance than typically developing children for biological motion but not for form task

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example of research for psycho-physic

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blake et al 2003

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example of visual illusions researcher

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suchow and alvarez 2011

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the spinning dancer

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visual illusion by Kayahara (2003)

bi-stable perception - no depth cues leads to visual ambiguity

striking individual differences in perception - is it left or right leg being stood on
individuals can learn to switch between both options

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ways that illusions can be questioned

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introspection and systematically

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SAQ - fill in the blanks - Quiroga et al 2005 study used (i) method, investigating the (ii) brain area and showed that neurons can be selective to (iii) type of stimulus.

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i = single cell recordings

ii = medial temporal lobe

iii= certain features e.g. orientation, direction of motion and faces

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