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How does the human brain interact with the eye to perceive color? Summarize the components of color perception, then check out the various color demonstrations at www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/

What did you experience? What do you think is happening in your brain to create the various perceptual experiences?

2

What is an optical illusion? Describe the contributions from the areas of shape perception, depth perception, motion perception, and perceptual constancy that contribute to perceptual experiences you have at http://dragon.uml.edu/psych/illusion.html

3

Listen to some of the auditory demonstrations at www.neurophys.wisc.edu/animations/ and discuss what you heard in relation to the theories of hearing.

4

Mind over (brain) Matter. How much control do you think you have regarding how you perceive the world around you? Try the exercise at http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/freewill1.html and relate your ease or difficulty in exerting control over what you saw. What do you think accounts for this?






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