Download a free pdf of this key terms list here: States-of-Consciousness-Key-Terms Find explanations and examples of all of these key terms and more here: Master Introductory Psychology: Complete Edition René Descartes mind-body problem Cartesian Theater philosophical … Read More
Finding Freud’s Legacy in Neuroscience?
This is a link to an interesting article from Discover Magazine which looks at the intersection of Freudian psychoanalysis and modern-day neuroscience research. It covers quite a lot of ground along the way, considering cases of brain damage, anosognosia, Damasio’s … Read More
Hallucinations
I recently finished reading Oliver Sacks’ book Hallucinations. It’s a fascinating look at different types of hallucinatory experiences, from the visual scenes of Charles Bonnet Syndrome to hearing voices and feeling mystical religious ecstasy. In one chapter, Sacks also describes his … Read More
REM Behavior Disorder
In the following video, we can see an example of a patient with REM Behavior Disorder. Remember that REM Behavior Disorder differs from sleepwalking, which generally occurs during Slow Wave sleep (stage 3 and 4).
Magic and Change Blindness
Here’s another example of change blindness featuring Magic Singh performing some close-up illusions, followed by Beau Lotto explaining why this type of blindness occurs. While the video refers to inattentional blindness, this is probably better referred to as change blindness, … Read More
Test Your Awareness
Test your awareness with this clever Whodunnit! video demonstrating change blindness
The “Door” Study
This video from Daniel Simons shows original footage from Simons and Levin’s 1998 study demonstrating change blindness in the real world.
Daniel Simons on Change Blindness
Here’s a video showing a clever study by Simons and Chabris on change blindness and featuring an interview with Daniel Simons:
Gradual Change Blindness
You can find several demonstrations of gradual change blindness from J. Kevin O’Regan’s site http://nivea.psycho.univ-paris5.fr/
“Flicker” Change Blindness Demos
You can find some great demonstrations of “flicker” change blindness at http://www.gocognitive.net/demo/change-blindness The demo allows you to adjust the duration of time for each image as well as the duration of the mask screen in between. Longer pauses will make detecting … Read More