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Understanding the Secrets of Human Perception

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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
  • By This Professor

Taught by

Peter M. Vishton

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