Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Perception

Perception
• Attaining awareness of sensory information

Video -> Input (senses) -> Processing (brain)-> Output (re-action)

NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

Amodal perception
Color perception
Depth perception
Visual perception
Form perception
Haptic perception
Speech perception
Perception as interpretation
Numeric value of perception
Pitch perception
Harmonic perception
Rhythmic perception

Senses

Sight:
• Blindness
• Vision
• Light (brightness) perception
• Color perception

Hearing:
• Sound perception
• Audition
• Deafness

Taste
• Ageusia
• Gustation
• Sweet
• Sour
• Bitter
• Salt
• Umami – amino acid glutamate – monosodium glutamate
• Flavor

Smell
• Odor
• Olfaction
• Anosmia

Touch
• Anesthesia
• Tactition
• Paresthesia – tingling, pricking, numbness, short-term

Balance and acceleration
• Equilibrioception
• Body movement
• Speed
• Direction
• Acceleration
• Equilibrium

Temperature
• Thermoception
• Heat
• Absence of heat (cold)

Pain
• Nociception
• Physical pain

Sense of time

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