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Making sense of sensory information / directed by John Davidson ; produced by Frances Davidson ; participated by Dale Purves.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brain--Psychology.
- Brain.
- Neuropsychology.
- Genre:
- Instructional films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (37 min.)
- Place of Publication:
- San Luis Obispo, CA : Davidson Films, 2008.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- Because seeing is so important to human functioning, efforts to understand how perceptions are generated have most often focused on vision. Based on research in cognitive neuroscience, this program explores the challenge of explaining visual perception. The video includes an overview of the human visual system, illustrated with animated graphics and live action footage, and describes, using a series of engaging optical demonstrations, the profound technical and philosophical challenges scientists face in attempting to explain perception. The program ends with a thought-provoking discussion of the essential role of human experience in determining what we perceive.
- Participant:
- Purves, Dale.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed April 8, 2015).
- OCLC:
- 890709018
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