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| decreasing responsiveness to stimuli due to constant stimulation |
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| our perception of sensations is partially due to how focused we are on them |
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| looking for multuple characteristics |
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| attentional resource theories |
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| we have limitied resource of attentin and we tend to focus on change |
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| Sensory filter mechanisms |
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o Adaptation
o Mental states
o Non-neural states
o Varying sensitivity in receptors
o Higher processing pathway effects |
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| Sensory filter mechanisms |
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o Adaptation
o Mental states
o Non-neural states
o Varying sensitivity in receptors
o Higher processing pathway effects |
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| using only features of an object to build a complete perception |
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| fill in the gaps of what we see |
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| increasing complexity and shapes |
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The What
- connects to prefrontal cortex
- integrats with other systems |
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The Where
- connection to somatosensory cortex |
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| - the more our eyes converge, the closer an object is |
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| the closer an object is, the more disparity there will be coming from our two eyes |
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| - we want to group things |
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o Dorsal horn
o Thalamus
o Cingulated cortex (attention and unpleasentness)
o Periaqueductal gray (perceive pain
o Seretonin receptors |
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| - loss of pain because of opiate receptors |
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o Sensory experience relayed by thalamus
o Either to limbic system, with emotional and motivational aspects of pain. Desire to escape
o Or to somatosensory cortex: sensory aspects of pain
o Then to prefrontal cortex: worry about future, suffering’ |
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| pleasure in recieving pain |
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| pleasure in inflicting pain |
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| Lateralization and Abstraction |
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| right brain prefers abstraction |
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| Human attraction preferences |
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- good skin
- robust lips
- symmetry
- fecundity: prominent chins in men and narrow face and nose in women |
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| Sociocultural influences on beauty |
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- asians: larger eyes, lighter skin
- egypt: overweight
- medieval europe: lighter skin |
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