Psychology: Sensation and Perception (Ch 5)

• Location of vibrations on the basilar membrane

Intensity of vibrations on the basilar membrane

It consists of two sticks, one framed by closed fins and one framed by open fins. After seeing the illusion, viewers usually estimate that the stick with two open fins is longer, even though the sticks are actually the same length.

• microsaccades

laws that describe how we perceive the world around us

we see thing as a whole rather than parts

when things are near eachother we perceive them as being a group

Our brain fills in the gaps. We can perceive things without seeing all the information

grouped based off of how similar they are

perceive things as being continuous even if we cant see it