PPT-Sensory Perception Overview of the next few weeks

How the brain amp body communicate Week 2 Sensory Perception Week 3 Information Processing Week 4 Cognition amp Motor Action Week 5 Review and Exam 1 Ascending vs Descending Pathways. Hazard Perception Test Booklet Government of Western Australia Department of Transport Driver and Vehicle Services THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE INSURANCE COMMISSION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA brPage 2br ABOUT THIS BOOK This book explains what the Hazard Eesha Sharma, MD. Sense organs. Receptor potential. Generator potential. Psychophysics. Gustav Theodor Fechner, 1860. Quantitative relationship between physical stimuli and the sensations and perceptions they effect. Processing the World. Notice Anything Strange?. “N is sort of…rubbery…smooth, L is sort of the consistency of watery paint… Letters also have vague personalities, but not as strongly as numbers do.”. Look closely at the illustration of a seal act for a circus in . the figure below. . What do you see?. Would you have seen it differently without the cue?. You may have identified a seal balancing a ball on its nose with its trainer on the right holding a fish in one hand and a stick in the other. . Eesha Sharma, MD. Sense organs. Receptor potential. Generator potential. Psychophysics. Gustav Theodor Fechner, 1860. Quantitative relationship between physical stimuli and the sensations and perceptions they effect. AP Psychology. Ms. C. Fahey. We do not actually experience the world directly, but instead we experience it through a series of “filters” we call senses. . The study of these sense and their effect on our behavior is called . Fatmah . Sakran. 200901078. Definitions . Sensation:. The detection of physical energy emitted or reflected by physical objects. Occurs when energy in the external environment or the body stimulates receptors in the sense organs.. 16-1: . WHAT ARE . SENSATION. AND . PERCEPTION. ? WHAT . DO WE MEAN . BY . BOTTOM-UP PROCESSING . AND . TOP-DOWN PROCESSING?. Sensation and perception are actually parts of one continuous process.. Sensation: . of or amounting to only a small . number. at . least some but indeterminately small in . number. Webster’s . New Collegiate . Dictionary. 1. The Length of Our Life. Job 14:1-2. man’s days are “few and full of trouble”. The sensation and input we receive by using one or all of our senses. A treatment modality commonly used for individuals with moderate to severe disabilities or health conditions. Offered to all age groups and in a variety of settings. The sensation and input we receive by using one or all of our senses. A treatment modality commonly used for individuals with moderate to severe disabilities or health conditions. Offered to all age groups and in a variety of settings. Objectives for Today’s Session . Identify basic sensory . p. rocessing definitions and needs. Identify areas of sensory input and difficulty. General principles of sensory based play. Sensory based play techniques for use inside and outside the classroom. It . is . specializations . of the epithelium covering our body surface that we sense . the: . smells, sounds and sights of the external world. .. The sensory epithelium in each organ is the key component, although it is small relative to all the ancillary apparatus. SECTION 1: SENSATION. WHAT IS SENSATION?. Def. : what occurs when a stimulus activates a receptor. Stimulus. : an aspect of or change in the environment to which an organism responds. SENSATION CONTINUED.