Understanding the Secrets of Human Perception

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

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
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Taught by

Peter M. Vishton

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