Understanding the Secrets of Human Perception
Offered By: The Great Courses Plus
Course Description
Overview
Discover the secret life of your senses through an intriguing and unforgettable 24-lecture course delivered by a masterful educator who has spent several decades immersed in exploring the frontiers of human perception.
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Your Amazing, Intelligent Senses
- 02: The Physiological Hardware of Your Senses
- 03: Neuroimaging-The Sensory Brain at Work
- 04: Brain Modules-Subcomponents of the Senses
- 05: Perceiving a World in Motion
- 06: Seeing Distance and Depth
- 07: Seeing Color and Light
- 08: Your World of Taste and Olfaction
- 09: Hearing the World around You
- 10: Speech and Language Perception
- 11: Touch-Temperature, Vibration, and Pressure
- 12: Pain-How It Works for You
- 13: Perception in Action
- 14: Attention and Perception
- 15: Kinesthetic Perception
- 16: Seeing, Remembering, Inferring Infants
- 17: How Infants Sense and Act On Their World
- 18: Illusions and Magic
- 19: Perceiving Emotion in Others and Ourselves
- 20: Sensing the Thoughts of Others-ESP
- 21: Opponent Process for Perception and Life
- 22: Synesthesia-Tasting Color and Seeing Sound
- 23: How Your Sensory Systems Learn
- 24: Fixing, Replacing, and Enhancing the Senses
Taught by
Peter M. Vishton
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