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Questions tagged [perception]

For questions regarding the organization and identification of transducted sensory information in the brain and its interpretation and consolidation in the mind

For questions regarding the organization and identification of transducted sensory information in the brain and its interpretation and consolidation in the mind

See Perception for more general information and Visual perception and Auditory perception for more specific modalities.

May be paired with in questions which encompass the whole sensation/perception process.

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Is it conceivable to transmit all sound information in the tactile modality?

You may have heard of Evelyn Glennie, an acclaimed solo virtuoso percussionist. She has been profoundly deaf from the age of 12, but learned to differentiate pitch tactilely. She had absolute pitch, which obviously helped. She plays bare feet in…
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Is there any science behind movie/commercial camera angle changes?

Most of the regular waking cognition experiences a continuous visual field. One object of focus flows into another. Objects out of focus are pushed to the periphery. A person may move one's view around in a 360 degree sphere, but from a single point…
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Why Is It That We Have Blindspots in Our Eyes?

Introduction: We humans have an eye resolution of about $576$ megapixels, but just like how nothing is perfect, our eyes have blindspots where we can't sense any information. In fact, you can find your blindspot by covering one eye, focusing on an…
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Why do those with viral infections feel better after wrongly taking antibiotics?

Though I'm unversed in science, I accept and understand that bacteria differ from viruses; so antibiotics don't help in viral infections. Regardless, because older family members still allege that antibiotics have mitigated their colds, can…
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What is the most readable screen font?

Fonts (i.e. letters) that facilitate reading in print don't always read well on a computer screen. New fonts such as Verdana have been developed especially for screen presentation of text. There is some research that compares the readability of…
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Is there an experiment where participant tries to move object with brain-machine interface and object is moved by someone else?

Psychological experiment where subjects are first taught to move a object just by thinking about moving it (subject's brains are being read with a machine that moves the object). Then the object is being moved by someone else and subject only sees…
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How does human brain pick out the most likely representation of object when an object is ambiguous?

For example, it is dim light and an object is in partial shade, hiding some features of an object. It is a rounded, dark brownish object. The object is rather ambiguous - it could be a rock, a potato, a turtle, a grenade, a ball, etc. When looking…
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What are the clues on how 'vivid' someone's sensory imagination is?

For example, I can imagine me eating barbecue with some details, like appearance, smell, temperature, taste etc, and I end up experiencing all these qualities to a certain extent. But I guess each one of us feels it with a different intensity. Is…
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Does the way you perceive something for the first time have a big influence on future perceptions of similar stimuli?

You find yourself in a certain situation A. You perceive the situation: perceive objects, actions of people involved...You develop an opinion on the situation, and it was the first time you perceived an example of a generalization of such…
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Term for being unable to see how hard something is because you already understand it

What's the term for when it's impossible for someone to understand the possible interpretations of something because they already know what it means. I remember hearing what it was a while ago so I know there is one. Basically, if someone is…
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Paradoxical senses of scale: Are they common or is it just me?

It doesn't happen anymore, but when I was younger I would often get strange sensations regarding scale that I never heard anyone else report. There were two different flavors. One felt like the room and everything in it were both small and large at…
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Perception of abrupt noise

First question - sorry Cognitive Science is a closed book to me so I hope someone can give me an insight into this phenomenon. We have a child's toy that is activated by clapping of the hands. To me, I always perceive the activation of the toy to…
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What is the scientific term for the tendency to see familiar patterns in things, that are actually something completely different?

What is the scientific term for the tendency to see familiar patterns in things, that are actually something completely different? One of the most common examples of this bias, is the perception of human faces in clouds, cars and all kinds of other…
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Why equal probabilities sometimes seem different?

I was told that's more a psychology question than probability. If for example i throw a dice 4 times and get {3,5,2,1}, i would be less surprised compare to getting {1,1,1,1} even though every permutation has the same probability. Why is that? Why…
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Venus effect explained in greater detail?

I stumbled upon this fact but I can't seem to understand the websites that are trying to explain it. I could only understand wikipedia's explanation This psychological effect is often used in the cinema, where an actor will be shown apparently…
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