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sensation

 

transduction

 

perception

 

psychophysics

 

absolute threshold

 

just-noticeable difference (JND)

 

Weber’s Law

 

signal detection theory

 

noise

 

hit, miss, false alarm, correct rejection

 

response criteria

 

vision

 

cornea

 

iris

 

pupil

 

lens

 

retina

 

accommodation

 

photoreceptors

 

rods

 

cones

 

fovea

 

blindspot

 

retinal ganglion cell

 

bipolar cell

 

lateral inhibition

 

receptive fields

 

mach bands

 

Young-Helmholtz Trichromatic Theory

 

Opponent Process Theory of Color

 

color afterimage

 

hearing

 

pinna

 

tympanic membrane / eardrum

 

ossicles

 

cochlea

 

basilar membrane

 

stereocilia

 

place code

 

auditory nerve

 

vestibular system

 

semicircular canals

 

haptic perception

 

mechanoreceptors

 

pressure, texture, pattern, vibration

 

thermoreceptors

 

nocireceptors

 

contralateral control

 

somatosensory cortex

 

A-delta fibers

 

C-fibers

 

referred pain

 

olfaction

 

odorant molecules

 

olfactory receptor neuron (ORN)

 

glomeruli

 

olfactory bulb

 

anosmia

 

taste

 

papilla

 

tastant molecules

 

taste bud

 

microvilli

 

taste pores

 

gustatory cell

 

salty, sweet, bitter, sour, umami

 

synesthesia

 

Gestalt laws

 

closure

 

proximity

 

similarity

 

continuity

 

simplicity

 

common fate

 

perceptual constancy

 

size constancy

 

brightness constancy

 

shape constancy

 

depth cues

 

monocular cues

 

linear perspective

 

texture gradient

 

interposition

 

shading

 

binocular disparity

 

convergence

 

motion parallax

 

optic flow

 

Müller-Lyer illusion

 

carpentered-world hypothesis

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History & Approaches, Research Methods, Biological Bases of Behaviors, Sensation & Perception

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Learning, Memory, Language & Cognition, States of Consciousness

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Intelligence, Personality, Motivation & Emotion, Development

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Social Psychology, Stress & Health, Psychological Disorders (up-to-date for DSM-5), Treatment